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Inaugural Airbus A350 Flight in U.S. Results in Aborted Takeoff
Posted on 12/13/15 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 12/13/15 at 12:48 pm
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The inaugural U.S. flight of one of Airbus’s newest aircraft models was supposed to be a big deal, showcasing the impressive new jumbo jet on its very first trip from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport. Instead, it was spectacularly terrifying and embarrassing fail. The high tech jet’s computer system aborted it’s own takeoff — because it deemed the runway too short.
The passengers get to watch the takeoff on the television screens behind their seats.
Aborted Takeoff
This post was edited on 12/13/15 at 5:05 pm
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Posted on 12/13/15 at 12:48 pm to chinhoyang
Planned Parenthood's fault!
Posted on 12/13/15 at 12:51 pm to chinhoyang
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Instead, it was spectacularly terrifying and embarrassing fail
Are we still doing the "fail" thing?
Posted on 12/13/15 at 12:51 pm to chinhoyang
So did it eventually takeoff?
Posted on 12/13/15 at 12:55 pm to chinhoyang
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spectacularly terrifying
Was it?
Posted on 12/13/15 at 12:58 pm to chinhoyang
So a safety mechanism went into affect and that's a fail? Fail would have been they all crash and die.
Posted on 12/13/15 at 1:00 pm to poochie
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So a safety mechanism went into affect and that's a fail? Fail would have been they all crash and die.
To be fair, that is a little inaccurate. The safety mechanism activated when it shouldn't have, which is kind of the opposite of "safe."
Posted on 12/13/15 at 1:01 pm to chinhoyang
Coincidentally I've been watching Air Crash Investigations today. I just watched one on Turkish Airlines 1951 that crashed into the ground because the airplane thought it was on the ground and put the engines at idle while it was still flying.
This post was edited on 12/13/15 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 12/13/15 at 1:02 pm to chinhoyang
Who did you quote?
Posted on 12/13/15 at 1:08 pm to chinhoyang
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spectacularly terrifying and embarrassing fail
quote:
The high tech jet’s computer system aborted it’s own takeoff — because it deemed the runway too short.
Sounds like a huge success to me. A computer AI in an airplane averted a disaster?
Posted on 12/13/15 at 1:12 pm to chinhoyang
Those are some interesting seating cubicles. I'm guessing not the coach section.
Posted on 12/13/15 at 1:12 pm to Breesus
AI taking over.
Posted on 12/13/15 at 1:13 pm to chinhoyang
Someone mentions in the comments the autobrakes were likely applied because the pilots likely made a bad weight calculation. In other words the plane was overweight for take off.
Posted on 12/13/15 at 1:16 pm to redstick13
Pilots must have used the weight formulas for European, not American, passengers.
Posted on 12/13/15 at 1:18 pm to PsychTiger
Just do an aircraft carrier take off. Gun the engines in after burner, build up the boost and launch that mofo!!
And yes I realize those engines don't have afterburner.....
And yes I realize those engines don't have afterburner.....
Posted on 12/13/15 at 1:19 pm to poochie
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So a safety mechanism went into effect and that's a fail? Fail would have been they all crash and die.
Sorta. Better to have a false warning than fail to catch a real emergency, although obviously it's better that everything work just great.
Have to love the stewardess demanding that people turn their cameras off.
Posted on 12/13/15 at 2:43 pm to chinhoyang
787 >>>>>>>>>> A350
If it ain't boeing, I ain't going.
If it ain't boeing, I ain't going.
This post was edited on 12/13/15 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 12/13/15 at 2:46 pm to foshizzle
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obviously it's better that everything work just great.
everything on the plane did work great
Posted on 12/13/15 at 3:05 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
Not just a fail
EPIC FAIL
EPIC FAIL
Posted on 12/13/15 at 3:09 pm to chinhoyang
I think his cell phone fricked with the computer's system
They tell you to turn those things off for a reason.
They tell you to turn those things off for a reason.
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