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By Tim Greyton

 An Emirates plane that recently tried taking off from Melbounre, Australia had its tail massively damaged when someone entered its incorrect weight into a take-off computer.

Human error was the primary cause of the problem according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau who said that it all came down to a miscalculation of the planes weight and the power it needed to lift. They are continuing to look into the incident on the Airbus a340 which luckily left all 257 passages without harm. As a vital part of the plane’s in flight data recording gear was damaged as a result of the incident, much of the detailed information about the event has yet to be recovered.

Three quarters of the runway had been covered by the time the plane had achieved full take off velocity. However, when the time came to lift the nose from the ground, it did not budge. When the power level was increased the nose thankfully began to lift, but the tail started dragging along the runway. A terrible noise accompanied extensive damage to both plane and runway, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in repairs. Numerous runway LEDs signs were wiped out and all the rear beacon lights on the plane were lost.The plane only managed to get airborne when the captain decided to hit full thrusters and he managed to keep it climbing.Before the plane turned around to land back in Melbourne it had to first dump its fuel in the sea to prevent any further issues when landing.

Modern planes are fitted with lots of different computer systems and have miles and miles of cable that can go wrong. However, Julian Walsh, a directory of aviation safety investigation has said that it was simply human error that caused the accident.”the flight information was not entered properly and was not checked over before take off” Walsh explained. Both pilots have now quit but they were praised for their calm and correct actions

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