[naturalman1975]

Photo Gallery showing damage to aircraft, antennas and strobe lights beyond end of runway. The aircraft's main landing gear finally left the ground 115 metres beyond the end of the runway.

[saganite]

Ouch. That’s going to leave a mark. On their careers.

[TChad]

Beware the deadly typo.

Shouldn't the computer have told the pilots that they weren't gaining velocity fast enough?

[taxcontrol]

I’m thinking that there is a design error in addition to pilot error. If that much of a difference can be caused by a single key stroke mistake, the there needs to be at least some form of accuracy check on the data input.

[DariusBane]

I don’t understand the “limited power takeoff”. It is entering a possibility for error. I assume you enter weight of aircraft, length of runway, altitude, temperature and the computer takes care of the power settings. Much better to just cram as much power out of the engines as possible and gain a margin for error says I. Ok I know you gain some fuel savings and perhaps engine life savings but look how much this cost. They dumped full tanks of fuel, bent the airplane and lost prestige for the airline. What does that cost is relation to the fuel savings provided by the puter?

[Grut]

I can't believe they didn't do an accelleration check. Ye gods, we were doing those forty years ago with stopwatches. Mechanical stopwatches.

[taillightchaser]

IF IT AIN’T BOEING, I AIN’T GOING!!

[ArmstedFragg]

I wonder how you say, “first the V’s, then the rotate” in their lingo?

[behzinlea]

I just read Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's memoir, "Highest Duty." He recounts lessons his father instilled in him in his youth, including one my own father taught me: measure twice, cut once.

That same attitude would have prevented this mishap.