@corsair.net: Airbus Files Part 1: Emirates A340, flight EK407, Melbourne, 2009. One wrong digit in the take-off laptop: 262.9 tonnes entered instead of 362.9. With 275 people on board, the jet passed the end of the runway still on the ground, its tail dragging until 148 metres beyond it.
Source: ATSB final report AO-2009-012 (16 December 2011). 3D reconstruction. There were no injuries to the passengers or crew.
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