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A plane had huge difficulties taking off recently in Australia when its computer was programmed with the wrong plane-weight, causing the tail to become massively damaged.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said that it was a human error that caused the incident and it was likely a miscalculation of the thrust needed to lift the plane from the ground. The accident did not injury any of the 251 passages on the Airbus plane but authorities are continuing their investigations. As a vital part of the plane’s in flight data recording gear was damaged as a result of the incident, much of the detailed information about the event has yet to be recovered.

The plane was heading down the runway at full speed just like it would during a normal take off. However, as the pilot tried to ease the plane into the air, the nose would not lift. Only after increasing the power and trying again the nose of the plane rose up but left the tail dragging along the ground. Along will a huge noise, a great deal of damage was caused to the plane and the runway was left with massive scars. Numerous runway LEDs signs were wiped out and all the rear beacon lights on the plane were lost.The plane only managed to get airborne when the captain decided to hit full thrusters and he managed to keep it climbing.Before the plane could land again at the same airport, it was required for safety reasons to eject its fuel out at sea.

Modern planes are fitted with lots of different computer systems and have miles and miles of habia cable that can go wrong. However, Julian Walsh, a directory of aviation safety investigation has said that it was simply human error that caused the accident.”nobody rechecked the flight information details after they were entered incorrectly first time round” said Walsh. He then condemned the bravery and quick-thinking of both pilots, both of which have now left their jobs