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Flat Tire During Takeoff

Black Box Down

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The Flight Crew's Experience With a Flat Tire

The flight crew heard an oscillating sound. Engineer Fair asks, what's that? And first officer, David, replied with, we got a flat tire,. Two seconds later, they heard the sound again and Captain Allen asked David, you're not leaning on the break-ay to which David replied that he was not. By this time, the plane was going about 80 knots, which is 92 miles an hour or 148 kilometers an hour. V1 is the speed at which they cannot safely stop on the runway. They have to keep going.

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