Originally Posted by
Loose rivets
Just a thought...and that's it is...would the crew normally accept a T/O from the intersection? My thinking is this.
Looking at the layout of the taxiways, they would have made a far greater miscalculation, if they had muddled the runways while taxiing to the end. If they had gone for the intersection, it would have been far easier to make this error.
Surely this is unlikely, since no taxiway leads directly to the intersection, allowing a choice of runway.
Isn't it more likely that the pilot turned three-quarters left at the earlier junction with the shorter runway, instead of pressing on to the next junction at end of the longer one, when precisely the same three-quarters left turn would have been needed.