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QR B777 hits runway approach lights on departure

  • 18-09-2015 2:02pm
    #1
    smurfjed
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    Taken from Avherald.com
    A Qatar Airways Boeing 777-300, registration A7-BAC performing flight QR-778 from Miami,FL (USA) to Doha (Qatar), lined up runway 09 at taxiway T1 (approximately 2600 meters/8500 feet takeoff distance available, full runway length 3968 meters/13,016 feet) and departed Miami's runway 09 but struck the approach lights runway 27 during departure. Both tower, departure controllers as well as crew maintained routine communication. The aircraft continued to destination for a landing without further incident about 13.5 hours later.

    On Sep 17th 2015 the FAA reported the aircraft struck approach lights on departure from Miami and continued to destination. The aircraft received substantial damage to its belly, the occurrence was rated an accident.

    Whats the saying about runway behind you?


Comments

  • #2
    Senecio
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    35% of the runway not used. How common is that?


  • #3
    bkehoe
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    Senecio wrote: »
    35% of the runway not used. How common is that?

    Very common in many airports, especially smaller ones. Not a problem at all if the performance is correctly calculated for the intersection. Many airlines SOP is to plan for an intersection departure so that they're prepared. If ATC doesn't authorise the intersection then all is good as there's excess runway available. Other airports, e.g. Malta, Porto would require time consuming backtracking to use full length so aircraft are expected by ATC to use the intersection when possible.

    Talk elsewhere indicates that in the Boeing OPT performance tool the runway in MIA had a coding of 'T1', to imply a temporary NOTAM'd status, but which could have been interpreted by the crew as the 'T1' intersection which they used for departure.


  • #4
    christy c
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    Was it strange that they continued on? Could possibly have led to pressurisation issues?


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