Iberia Plane Taking Off From London Heathrow On Sunday

[Carl]

One for the aviation geeks, but no so if you are a nervous flyer. Very short takeoff at Heathrow.

Little nod of the nose up and down, and then nose up with steep angle of climb out of Heathrow. If you had eaten food before boarding, you probably left it behind on the runway.

[Vino]

I'm surprised he didn't stall

[Carl]

It is a really strange one. The pilots' did a turn and burn, which is also unusual for taking off at Heathrow - keen to leave London obviously.

For such a short take off the plane must have be light. Commentators have suggested that the pilots might have got their calculations wrong for takeoff speed or the flaps were incorrectly set hence they did not get airborne on the first nose up.

I am sure the pilots will have some explaining to do at some point because engine and aircraft data is monitored for performance and stresses.