Hi Apha Leader,
From what I gathered SQ operates mainly on the eastern side of the field hence their preference in using Runway 06/24.
They rarely if not never ( correct me if I am wrong) use Runway 05/23 for takeoff operation.
On that faithful nite, Captain of SQ006 elected to use the longer 05L due to the marginal weather condition.
During the investigation, 2 pilots came forward voluntarily and related their experiences at 05 R... one of them was from Fed EX whom nearly mistook 05R as 05L but managed to pullback at the last instance from committing.... ....this captain use 05L close to 200 instances during the last year of operation out of CKS!
However, these instances of confusion at the said 05R were only reported to their company and not the airport authority!!!
(all these are buried somewhere in the 2 reports, I am commiting them to writing from memory)
Cheers!
Last edited by hawkeye18; 30th Apr 2002 at 15:55.