Distractions frequently cause flapless take-offs, NASA reveals

Distractions Cause flapless take offs – crews forget to carry out or to complete checks and procedures.

Flight International 31 March to 06 April 2009 page 16

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/03/24/324207/distractions-frequently-cause-flapless-take-offs-nasa.html

Since 2000, 55 take offs recorded as falling into that category.

The article summarises “
The study’s recommendations boil down to a need for crews and airlines to realise that multi-tasking, while it may be inevitable, is a hazard in its own right and should be recognised as such. Procedures and checks should be simplified where possible, and crews should be trained to recognise when workload is reaching a distracting level and to compensate for it, by slowing down if necessary”.

Jay

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