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Accidents Highlight the Need To Maintain V2 Speed

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

November 11, 2013

Both the December 2012 crash of a Dornier Do-228 on takeoff from the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and the recent crash of an Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia at Lagos in Nigeria have called attention to the need to train pilots in the importance of both attaining and maintaining V₂ (takeoff safety speed) by the time the aircraft reaches 35 fet above the runway. In both accidents, the aircraft stalled and crashed shortly after liftoff.

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