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Inquiry reveals blunders behind 777F's 100t weight error
Investigators have disclosed that a 100t weight error led the tail-strike protection mechanism to activate on an Air France Boeing 777F, spurring the crew to commanded full take-off thrust. Take-off parameters for the aircraft (F-GUOC) had been calculated using a weight of 243t rather than the actual figure of 343t, says French investigation authority BEA in its findings from the 22 May 2015 incident. (www.flightglobal.com) Altro...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Air France - pilots can't recognize or deal with a stall, can't enter weights correctly. Mon-Dieu!
I calculated weight and balance for 20 years for a major Canadian Airline. Why were the crew doing the final calculations at all. We would supply the final W & B info via data link giving the crew GTO, ZFW and C of G. It also sounds like Air France should take CRM more seriously. Didn't they have this problem once before??
Non flying crew DID notice the error but still said nothing - when will we learn that ego does not trump saffety
before the perfection of automation, electronic bags and the like, pilots had to add, subtract, devide and use their brains a bit.
True enough. However, even after using all the greatest electronic automation, we used to receive a computor print out of the flight log routing, w/x data, fuel burns, wind shear etc! The visial comparison between expected numbers and inputed numbers still should be cross checked by both crew and verified. Basic Operating Weight plus cargo plus fuel gets you GTOW. 100T differential should mean no cargo or no fuel, I mean there’s a question to be answered here and that’s what you get paid for?
The sooner we go back to full power take off instead of trying to save a few cups of fuel the better - take human or computer error out of the equation