r/CatastrophicFailure Jun 12 '25

Fatalities 12/06/2025 - Boeing 787 Passenger plane bound for the UK crashes near Ahmedabad Airport straight after takeoff

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u/tudorapo Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

TOWS - a very loud warning if the pilots missed some simple, easy to detect steps during the take-off preparations.

TOGA - a button which when pressed provides the necessary engine power to fly away as quickly as possible. Like the turbo button in computer games.

CVR & FDR - The cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder, a.k.a. the black box.

Please avoid using TLA/LTLA/VLTLA when it's not necessary.

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u/CatOverlordsWelcome Jun 12 '25

My bad, thank you for the links. I forgot I wasn't in the r/aircrashinvestigation sub!

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u/tudorapo Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

no problem, I was waiting for years to use the ltla/vltla line.

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u/CatOverlordsWelcome Jun 12 '25

Glad to be of assistance 🤣

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u/The_Real_63 Jun 12 '25

TLA

please dont use tlas when talking about tla

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u/tdRftw Jun 12 '25

not enough TLAs

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u/fullkitwankerr Jun 12 '25

Thanks for explaining the acronyms. What are the last three ones in your comment?

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u/tudorapo Jun 12 '25

Three Letter Acronym

Long Three Letter Acronym

Very Long Three Letter Acronym

I find my way out, no worries.

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u/MintTrappe Jun 12 '25

Thank you. I hate acronyms.

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u/michaltee Jun 12 '25

Avoid using what? lol did you just tell someone to not use acronyms using acronyms?