Computer typo caused Emirates A340-541 (A6-ERG) tail-strike

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A simple keystroke error by a pilot on a laptop computer put the lives of 275 people at risk by causing an Emirates jet to scrape its tail along a runway at Melbourne Airport during take-off.

The Airbus A340's first officer mistakenly entered the plane's take-off weight as 262.9 tonnes, when in fact it weighed 362.9 tonnes, the latest report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has found.

Full article (theage.com.au)

Interim Factual Report (ATSB)

[lambrusco]

Strange indeed as such things go crosschecked by both pilots when entering the figs in the on board computer ...

[Propwash]

On April 9, 2004 the same Airline with the same type (Airbus A340) had 'more or less' ...... at JNB (Johannesburg).

Article H E R E (Avionics Magazine)

[9vsmu]

SIA and CBB had a similar situation