Als kruisbericht geplaatst vanaf: https://lemm.ee/post/2786110

A United Boeing 767-300, registration N641UA performing flight UA-702 from Newark,NJ to Houston Intercontinental,TX (USA), landed on Houston’s runway 26L at 10:34L (15:34Z) but touched down hard. The aircraft rolled out without further incident and taxied to the apron. There were no injuries.

Source: https://avherald.com/h?article=50c768a7&opt=0

  • deweydecibel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    The final contributing factor was the aircraft flying very close to its maximum landing weight. The airplane landed at 196,000 lb and has a maximum landing weight of 198,000 lb, which is considered to have contributed to the damaged caused to the airframe.

    Never heard of “landing weight” before. Is that basically just take-off weight minus the burned fuel it took to reach the destination? Can they potentially burn off more fuel prior to landing to reduce this risk?

    • GlobalMagentaOP
      6·
      1 year ago

      Correct. It is also used for performance calculations. For example to calculate what Autobreak setting should be used based on the runway length, METAR and landing weight.

      I know Airbus aircraft calculate the “EFOB” (End Fuel On Board) in the MCDU. A pilot can calculate the Landing Weight based on the EFOB number by looking at the current weight and calculating based on the EFOB what the landing weight would be.

  • izzent@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    Leave it to United to unite the worst service on board coupled with the worst maintenance and worst pilots.

    • GlobalMagentaOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      I am curious as well. 32.4 years old. It did get a cabin refurbishment in January 2023, so this makes the repair/not repair decision perhaps a bit harder.