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Rotation Gone Wrong: The Critical Error Behind LATAM’s Milan Tail Strike

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This transition of lifting off is called rotation. On the flight deck, an instructor pilot sat in the right seat and was Pilot Flying for the first leg. These V-speeds need to be calculated for every flight. The key take-off speeds are V 1 , V 2 and V R.

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