What's it doing now? (Air Bus at it's finest)...
Is this not a Takeoff Performance Management System of sorts? It doesn't seem to be helping us that much.
Cue MORE discussions about computers and people and who get's priority, etc. etc. etc.
Finally, some GREAT journalism here..."To go from 100 to 0 in 15 seconds takes a lot of force", they term it as a disaster and even sneak in some some hash-tags if you click on the link.
Is this not a Takeoff Performance Management System of sorts? It doesn't seem to be helping us that much.
Cue MORE discussions about computers and people and who get's priority, etc. etc. etc.
Finally, some GREAT journalism here..."To go from 100 to 0 in 15 seconds takes a lot of force", they term it as a disaster and even sneak in some some hash-tags if you click on the link.
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.
Journalists and staff were among the passengers on the Airbus A350 for the chartered Qatar Airways flight that was supposed to travel 12 hours to Hamad International Airport.
The airplane even had screens on each seatback via which the passengers could watch the taxi and takeoff as it happened. Unfortunately, rather than watching the plane soar to 30,000 feet, it taxed, picked up speed — and then came to a startling and screeching halt.
According to The Points Guy Editor in Chief, Zach Honig, who was one 36 journalists and staff members on the charter flight, “About 18 seconds after we began rolling down JFK’s runway 22R, the aircraft self-aborted, bringing us from more than 100 mph to a loud, screeching halt in roughly 15 seconds.
“For a plane of this size and weight, stopping that quickly required a lot of force.”
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.
Journalists and staff were among the passengers on the Airbus A350 for the chartered Qatar Airways flight that was supposed to travel 12 hours to Hamad International Airport.
The airplane even had screens on each seatback via which the passengers could watch the taxi and takeoff as it happened. Unfortunately, rather than watching the plane soar to 30,000 feet, it taxed, picked up speed — and then came to a startling and screeching halt.
According to The Points Guy Editor in Chief, Zach Honig, who was one 36 journalists and staff members on the charter flight, “About 18 seconds after we began rolling down JFK’s runway 22R, the aircraft self-aborted, bringing us from more than 100 mph to a loud, screeching halt in roughly 15 seconds.
“For a plane of this size and weight, stopping that quickly required a lot of force.”
Comment