Azul Embraer E195 Struggles To Take Off In Sao Paulo

Lucky - it was announced Ritz Carlton is getting a new Hawaii hotel this AM. Interested in your views...

@ Anthony -- Post coming about it shortly, thanks! 🙂

Former E-Jet pilot here. The flaps are deployed and they wouldve received a takeoff config warning if the flaps setting didn’t match what was on the takeoff performance page, and weren’t in position 1, 2, or 4, used for takeoff. My bet is the calculations were wrong, or they inputted the wrong flap setting.

"Investigated internally?"

I mean, sure, Azul should investigate. But it seems like an incident like this would also warrant an inquiry by the Brazilian aviation authorities...

We can trust them to investigate internally, just as the FAA trusted Boeing...

Non story. This was a normal takeoff for a heavy plane. It didn't struggle. Just a long rollout.

Time to remove humans from doing the flying.

This is the same runway if the TAM accident several years ago. This runway does not have room for error, since the airport is much higher up than the road at the end of it. If a plane overshoots the runway, it will fall a pretty bit deal.
The airplane almost hit the little curb at the end of the runway, which would also be disastrous, for it would send the plane tumbling downhill.

If they lost an engine, this is what it would look like. Assuming they had 2 motors running at rotation, something is wrong. I’m a current 175 pilot. My guess… performance required a flaps 4 takeoff and they missed it and did a flaps 2.

No complaints, just a curious observation... I bet you use the word "features" on average > 1.5 times per article. If you have a way to run the numbers on that, I'd send you $100 for the results.

It's gotten hilarious / out of hand. The seat features a cup holder, the room features two sinks, the loyalty program features 2x points, and now... "the area just past the end of the runway features a major road."

Kinda funny