Russian Il-76 Departing Canberra, Australia Feb 2008

[George B]

Some may not have seen this video

 

This is the original footage from air traffic controller

 

 

 

Personally I'd prefer a bit more safety margin.

 

 

 

 

[vk3auu]

They were probably only using half power as it didn't appear to have much load on the wings. The pilot may have overestimated the amount of runway available. Perhaps he was trying to save fuel.

 

David

 

 

[Guest Macnoz]

Also on you tube

 

YouTube - Close call!

 

and there is discussion around this on the GA off shoot forum under a posting I made called "now would be a good time to rotate"

 

I believe it was earlier than Feb this year however!

 

 

[Guest Fred Bear]

Yeah she's been around a while that vid. Great comment about saving film for the crash :ah_oh:

 

 

[Ben Longden]

Its a classic clip now.

 

I have heard reports that the clunk sound near the end is that of a controller reaching for the crash alarm...

 

I still wonder how they got the bloody thing off the ground considering she was in ground effect in the dirt at the end of the runway..

 

My guess is they used vodka instead of kero...

 

Ben