The United Kingdom Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has published its final report on an incident in which a TUI Airways
Boeing 737-800 departed Bristol with insufficient thrust due to an older autothrottle servo motor (ASM). The aircraft overflew the end of the runway at a height of around 10 feet (3 meters), continuing to its destination without further incident.
On March 4, 2024, a TUI Boeing 737-800
, registered as G-FDZS, was preparing to take off from Bristol Airport
(BRS). On that day, the aircraft carried 169 souls: six crew members and 163 passengers.
The flight was operated by a captain and a to-become captain, with the itinerary being a line training sector for the latter. The line training captain acted as pilot flying (PF), while the other pilot monitored the aircraft’s systems and communications as pilot monitoring…
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