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Terrifying moment pilot is forced to abort take off when his packed holiday jet struggles to get off the ground ‘because he was travelling TOO SLOWLY’
Plane has to touch back down and go in for a second attempt
TERRIFIED passengers on board at flight from Frankfurt held their breath as their pilot had to make two attempts at take off - because he was flying it too slowly the first time round.
The footage, captured by a student pilot at Frankfurt Airport in Germany, shows the Boeing 737 preparing to take to the sky.
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The Royal Air Maroc jet is making its way down the runway and gaining speed before the pilot starts to lift the nose off the ground.
But it seems he doesn’t manage to lift it quickly enough and so is forced to make the plane touch BACK DOWN before trying for a second time to get air.
Posting the clip on Youtube, the video maker, William Jones, claimed that as the nose of the jet rises there is not enough lift generated for the entire plane to get fully up into the sky, reports .
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It appears that the pilot then tries to fix the mistake by "rotating" - an aviation term referring to the action of lifting the nose wheel off the ground - at a faster speed.
After the plane touches back down, more than half way down the runway, it then hurriedly takes to the sky for a second time and successfully becomes airborne.
William wrote: “I have no idea as to why this happened, but some theories could include an incorrect flap (term used to increase the lift of an aircraft wing) setting, the setting of incorrect V (term used to define airspeed) speeds or an incorrect trim?
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“But in this day and age, surely error mistakes like these shouldn't be apparent in commercial aviation?
“Even if the mistakes had been made, aborting the take-off could've been a safer option, than putting the passengers, crew and aircraft at risk in this dangerous situation.”
The student pilot added that the wind was very calm on the day and that no other aircraft encountered any issues.
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Royal Air Maroc has yet to comment on what happened.
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