Originally Posted by
MercedesBenz240
It's the controller who says that, not the captain.
Indeed, my initial mistake also based on the incomplete and misleading ATC recording, but in the meantime rectified by several posters and confirmed just recently in the prelim report.
But still incorrectly transcribed in the AVHerald report (together with maintaining the claim that "
was still on the ground at position N44.8274 E20.2846", which is nonsense)
Originally Posted by CINS prelim report
KL immediately contacted the crew again with the information that the available length for take-off from the given intersection was 1,273 meters, with the suggestion that this was not sufficient for a safe take-off.
*KL = Beograd TWR ATC