LATAM Boeing 777 Fails to Lift Off After Crew Uses Grossly Incorrect Takeoff Data

Unaware of their critical data error, the pilots of LATAM Flight 8073 began their takeoff roll with engines at 92.8% N1, a thrust setting far too low for their actual weight. The aircraft accelerated sluggishly, reaching its erroneously calculated V1 speed of 145 knots—roughly 30 knots too slow—afte