US Agency Recommends Modifications To 747 Flight Management
Software
It happened more than two years ago as a Singapore Airlines
747-400 was taking off from Auckland, New Zealand, headed for
Singapore. The flight crew rotated to V1 -- but far too early,
according to New Zealand investigators. As a result, the plane's
empennage dragged along the runway for more than 1,500 feet before
V2.
REAL TIME UPDATE 1707 EDT -- A Fairchild Metroliner
carrying mail from Auckland, New Zealand to Blenheim apparently
exploded in flight Tuesday night, killing both pilots on board.
Search crews swarmed toward the crash site at approximately 2015
local time after scores of callers flooded emergency dispatchers
with reports of loud explosions and brilliant balls of
fire.
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