Originally Posted by
Lake1952
One of the most extreme examples of confirmation bias in aviation was the Comair CRJ crew at LEX. They were so certain that they were on the right runway, and they hurled down a 3000 foot unlit runway, passing the correct lit runway on the way. Tenerife was also largely due to this bias as well.
Actually the Comair crew never crossed their departure runway (22).. they never even reached it: 26 was on the way, and the one they lined up on.