Originally Posted by
Lake1952
Sorry, but on their unfortunate takeoff roll down the unlit 26, they crossed the lit runway 22 used by air carriers. I didn't mean they crossed 22 on their taxi to 26, but they did cross 22 on their roll.
I remember a discussion about the accident and how powerful the power of confirmation bias can be. When was the last time any of you air carrrier pilots have had to take off on an unlit runway a half hour or so before sunrise without being NOTAMed to death about the lights being OTS? And after just a few seconds into their roll, a long lit runway goes by...
Ahh, gotcha, sorry I thought you meant in the taxi out
regardless.. due to their strong bias as you mentioned, prob no chance they would have recognized their error that far into their takeoff roll as they crossed the lit (correct) runway.