An airliner was just one second from careering off the end of the runway at Gatwick airport at a speed of 225mph, a report has revealed. The Royal Air Maroc plane had just 120m of the runway to spare before it became airborne after its pilots either failed to input or accidentally deleted flight data before their take off. These systems tend to be reliable and pilots might fly thousands of hours during which the calls work as expected. The Royal Air Maroc plane had just 120m of the runway to spare before it became airborne after its pilots either failed to input or accidentally deleted flight data before their take off (file photo)Royal Air Maroc has not responded to a request for comment. But they wrongly inputted that they were beginning from a similarly named taxiway called S4 at the start of the runway.

Source: Daily Mail September 11, 2020 14:29 UTC