Pre-planning your abort triggers and commitment point before every takeoff is the single most effective way to survive a rejected takeoff scenario safely.
PatternA Cessna Citation CJ1 crashed and caught fire during takeoff at Bedford County Airport in Pennsylvania; both crew members survived with non-life-threatening injuries.
TowerA Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787-9 overran the runway at Munich International Airport after investigators found repeated brake inputs recorded during the takeoff roll.
TowerThe fifty-seventy rule gives pilots a clear abort trigger: reach 70% of rotation speed by the halfway point of the runway, or reject the takeoff.
PatternA takeoff briefing is the 15-second out-loud plan that decides what you do when the engine quits on departure - here's how to build one.
PatternThe fifty-seventy rule tells you to abort a takeoff if you don't have 70% of rotation speed by the runway midpoint.
PatternThe rejected takeoff is a decision you must make before you roll, not a reaction to what happens during the roll - here's how to build that habit.
PatternA SWISS Airbus A330 rejected its takeoff at 104 knots in Delhi after an engine fire, injuring five during evacuation.
Tower