Why take offs are considered to be more dangerous than landings in commercial flying?

Question

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Answer 1

Takeoffs are more dangerous because the plane is unable to "coast" on it's own as it not up to operating or coasting speed and is having to lift itself in the air. Any loss of power or control at this point and the plane will basically lose lift and most control and you are at the mercy of where it wants to go. Landings on the other hand the plane is already at speed enough to keep it in the air and often as long as there is engine power a plane can actually "abort a landing" before touching the runway and simply climb back up and come around again. Not so on takeoff as once you get rolling at enough speed you are going to "have" to take off, fly and be airborne, or in a serious heap of trouble. :-)

Answer 2

The distance required to take off is critical.
Depending on weight, atmospheric conditions and winds and aircraft will need possibly a longer distance to lift off, but also there is what is called an Accelerate and Stop Distance.
This is a performance for each type of airplane. What it consists of is the aircraft starting from a stop, accelerating to take off speed, then shutting down the engines and braking to a stop. This is an emergency procedure and the pilot needs to know how much runway is available in case of engine failure.
There is a "point of no return" once this distance has been reached the aircraft is committed to take off, also noting the fuel level is going to be quite high if not full.
If there is an emergency the aircraft has no other alternative but to land straight ahead if there is an engine failure, being that it may not be possible to turn the aircraft back to the runway.
With landing an aircraft does not need all that room as the aircraft has been slowed down and can brake on the runway, and there is less fuel in the aircraft when landing as compared to take off.
There are many performance charts that a pilot must rely on to make sure there is always a safe flight.
Good question and I hope I answered it for you.

Answer 3

have you ever tried to abort a take off once you have reached your rotation speed. it isn't easy to bring something that big to a safe stop considering that they are not really designed to land under a full fuel load and to add a not so soft touchdown under an aborted takeoff situation, you are just asking for collapsed landing gear ruptured fuel cells fire death carnage everything that really sucks can happen when you have to abort.
during a landing approach even with a power lose the plane is still controllable. this was proven when the the flight crew of a canadian airbus ran out of fuel over the atlantic and spent the next 30 min proving that even a commercial jet can be turned into a somewhat effective glider. they were able to glide the aircraft to a U.S. Airforce base on a little rock out in the middle of the ocean and put the aircraft down safely.

Answer 4

At take off you are trying to get speed to leave the ground. At a certain point you have what they call "the point of no return " where the pilot is committed to take off because of the amount of runway left to stop is not enough. On landing the pilot can decide quickly and early if the landing wont work and abort the landinng

Answer 5

there are some pretty good answers.
So landings depend on the pilot`s skill (pilots are sevearly tested before getting their licence) and the take offs depend more on the aircraft-if the engine fails the aircraft will have to have a forced landing. Anyway, both of pilots and planes are in good shape so there`s nothing to worry about....

Answer 6

That is a misconcepted statement. Actually, landing is more dangerous because the landing struts have to withstand TONS of weight and stress during landing. Take off is easier and safer because the planes total momentum will increase its speed and lift.

Answer 7

When you take off, if there are any mechanical problems with the plane, then you will not have gained enough speed and altitude to redirect your flight back to the airport.

When you are landing, you have considerable speed and altitude, so if the engines fail, you might be able to survive by gliding to the airport (or to a nearby field, road, etc.).

Answer 8

this is the case in all aircraft even gliders. If you stall or loose power on takeoff there is a good chance you will nose dive into the ground.You can land with no power under full control.

Answer 9

Slow speed, low altitude and full tanks of fuel. these are not very favourable conditions to have at once. if something happens, there is very litle time to react, very little that can be done, and a whole lot of fuel to burn.
during landing, you have the altitude and airspeed factors, but very little fuel to cause a substancial fire

Answer 10

Take offs are more dangerous because at that time the fuel tanks are full and a large fire would be devastating.