LATAM 777 Drags Tail for 723 Meters at Milan After Crew Uses Wrong Weight Data

Описание: On July 9th, 2024, a fully loaded Boeing 777-300ER with 398 people on board almost never left the ground at Milan Malpensa Airport. Not because of a mechanical failure. Not because of bad weather. Because a senior captain got his subtraction wrong by 100 tonnes, and every safety system designed to catch that mistake failed to stop it.
The tail dragged for 723 meters. The aircraft crossed the end of the runway at 155 feet. The crew had 800 meters of pavement left when the wheels finally broke ground.
This video breaks down exactly how it happened, why three experienced pilots missed it, why the cross-check that was supposed to catch it made things worse, and why the exact same accident had already happened to Air France on the same aircraft type nine years earlier with zero regulatory consequences.
This is not a story about a bad crew. It is a story about a system that has known about this failure mode for 25 years, documented it across 31 major events including 3 fatal accidents, and still has not mandated the technology that would prevent it.
The fix exists. It works. It is just not required.
If you want the full investigation breakdown, the human factors analysis, and the systemic failure that nobody is talking about, this is the video.
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