Kenya Airways Boeing 777 Takeoff from Nairobi

KQ104 departure from Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International at 10:50am local bound for London Heathrow on 15th July 2011. Aircraft Reg 5Y-KQU.

Despite an altitude at ground level of 5,300feet and the flight being almost full, takeoff's from Nairobi in a 777-200ER seem effortless. Note the point when the aircraft breaks the overcast clouds and reveals the amazing African sky.

Filmed using my iPhone 4, airplane mode enabled.

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[raykrislianggi]

This is a full power take-off.

[samueldethierry]

@raykrislianggi That's incorrect. SOPs from JKIA stipulate 90% thrust must be used as a minimum, with a/c SOP restricting use of thrust above 95% to SEPs only. Given the load factor it's likely to be nearer to 90% thrust than 95% thrust.

[raykrislianggi]

@samueldethierry Really? I said that because the blades are spinning faster and sound pitch is different than normal Trent 800 take-off. Usually the take-off power is not the same as this.

[samueldethierry]

@raykrislianggi They certainly are 'spinning faster than normal' because as I mentioned above SOP from JKIA demands minimum 90% thrust whereas an airport at sea level would have an SOP minimum of 70%. Relying on sound pitch and engine blade spin is very unreliable as they can also be affected by a variety of environmental factors, air density etc. In short, a 'full power' take off would only occur in an emergency go around.

[proudSomalisis]

beautiful

[samueldethierry]

@skbenergy It certainly is! You should check out a Virgin A340 departing, uses almost all of it! The 777s are powerhouses which don't need it (on this flight only 50% of the runway length was actually used). When BA flew 747s into Nairobi (until 2009 when Virgin started competing on the route) about 75% of the runway would be used for takeoffs to London

[skbenergy]

@samueldethierry thats one long ass runway lol :)

[crocodile1313]

Nice video! I agree, I love it when a plane "breaks through" the cloud barrier revealing beautiful blue sky!  Probably my favorite part of flying.

[MrColaboy74]

I like this clip, thanks for uploading!!

[TheArokaz]

nice one