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Old 7th Dec 2015, 19:28
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Originally Posted by HEATHROW DIRECTOR
Does Miami not have ground radar?
I'm sure they do but it's irrelevant... The controllers knew exactly where they were. I'm assuming that the restriction on not using an intersection on that runway is a company one. T1 is a perfectly legitimate take off point (~2600m remaining) so if a crew says they can accept take off from there then the controllers wouldn't query it.
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