Reports
Tied Up in Knots
Take-off Performance Calculation and Entry Errors: A Global Perspective
Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB). Aviation Research and Analysis Report AR-2009-052. 97 pp. www.atsb.gov.au/publications/2009/ar2009052.aspx. 2011.
During takeoff from Montego Bay, Jamaica, the Airbus A330-243 seemed at first to accelerate as expected on an October 2008 flight to London. “After passing 100 kt, the first officer called ‘V1’ and ‘VR,’” the report says. “The captain was surprised by the quick succession of these calls. The first officer called ‘rotate’ and the captain pulled back on the sidestick. When [he did] so, the aircraft did not appear to feel right and the captain immediately applied T…
