With reference to post #45, judging Lon More's linked photograph: this aircraft departed nowhere near the end of runway 22 but rather beyond the halfway point at or near the intersection of the third taxiway (one intersection farther than the old perpendicular runway which is the second intersection out of a total of four along rwy 22). If you'll notice the hangar in the background, that is KLM Hangar 14, approximately 1/3 along rwy 22's length. If the aircraft departed at the end of rwy 22, Hangar 14 would not have been in the picture when taken from this angle. Perhaps this was an attempt to turn on to this taxiway which, for whatever reason, left them digging in the dirt?
Rgds,
Green-dot
Last edited by Green-dot; 4th Oct 2010 at 22:08.
Reason: Edited for more precise location along rwy 22.