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Transcription Mistake Led to Tailstrike Accident

Steve Scott
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Incorrect weight and speed data can be potentially deadly, and multiple defenses against such human error can be breached, especially when aircrews are hurried or distracted, and when the computer accepts erroneous data without an error check, rather like a word processor without a spell checker. What a difference a digit makes in this case of a March 12, 2003, tailstrike on takeoff at Auckland, New Zealand. By entering a "2" instead of a "3" in the bug card, the…

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