Takeoffs are substantially more hazardous than landing. The margin for error is small, and the options for handling the unexpected are minimal.
To be clear, take-off is more than just the runway. It extends to the point where the aircraft has sufficient energy, which can be translated into time.
Flying a plane is all about energy. Speed, and altitude. One can be traded for another and both can be traded for time. In other words, the faster the plane, the higher the plane, the more options available to the pilot.
The most dangerous part of the flight is the initial climb just after takeoff. Speed is low. Height is very low. You are literally flying away from the runway. If an engine or 2 fail at this point crashing is a likely outcome. However how, and where, you crash matters a lot.
By contrast landings are much safer, the airplane has excess energy to play with, and is heading directly at a nice long flat piece of ground.
Auto-pilot takeoffs are "easy" only to the V2 mark, then they can get very complicated very quickly.
To be clear, take-off is more than just the runway. It extends to the point where the aircraft has sufficient energy, which can be translated into time.
Flying a plane is all about energy. Speed, and altitude. One can be traded for another and both can be traded for time. In other words, the faster the plane, the higher the plane, the more options available to the pilot.
The most dangerous part of the flight is the initial climb just after takeoff. Speed is low. Height is very low. You are literally flying away from the runway. If an engine or 2 fail at this point crashing is a likely outcome. However how, and where, you crash matters a lot.
By contrast landings are much safer, the airplane has excess energy to play with, and is heading directly at a nice long flat piece of ground.
Auto-pilot takeoffs are "easy" only to the V2 mark, then they can get very complicated very quickly.