The following information provides an awareness of problems in the hope that they can be avoided in the future. The information is based on final reports by official investigative authorities on aircraft accidents and incidents.
Jets
Crew Misidentified Intersection
Boeing 777-200. No damage. No injuries.
As the copilot, the pilot flying, lined up the 777 for takeoff from St. Kitts, West Indies, the evening of Sept. 26, 2009, the commander remarked that the runway looked very short. However, neither pilot realized that they had taxied onto the runway from an unauthorized midfield intersection, rather than from the intersection farther down the runway from which they had based their performance calculations.
At least two people recognized the error, but neither was able to bring it to the flight crew’s attention in time. The airport traffic controller, a trainee, radioed a suggesti…
