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Originally Posted by WacoFan  In keeping with the general theme of this thread being aborts past V1, what about the Kalitta accident in Belgium. Apparently there was a bird strike and it failed one of the engines and the crew did a post V1 abort and overran the runway. No injuries but a totaled whale. First of all, I thought in a 747 even at MGTOW that losing one wasn't a big deal (relatively speaking)? Second, does anyone know of any post V1 aborts in a transport category aircraft that were successful? Lastly, is there EVER a reason to do a post V1 rejection? Thanks in advance for the answers. |
There was a freedom erj last year that aborted past v1 successfully. I believe the gust lock which holds the elevator did not fully disengage and the pilot was unable to rotate. As other erj drivers know you really need both hands and to pull back almost 90% of the travel to raise the nose. Of course it was an rj and not a 747 and luckily they had the long runways, I believe all the other aircraft systems performed normally.