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To: spanalot
> Looks like the wrong runway.

Oh hell.

I think every pilot's made that mistake, but normally in a small Cessna as a student -- not in commercial aviation. There's normally enough safeguards to prevent it.

My guess is fatigue, last minute runway change, or "just in a hurry" and misheard 35R instead of 35L (or something like that). The tower probably saw it, but only once it was too late.

304 posted on 08/27/2006 8:41:52 AM PDT by BP2 (I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
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To: BP2
But that is troublesome. Do they not have a line of sight? When they began takeoff roll, could they not have noticed the lights were a bit closer than they should be?

Pilots?

309 posted on 08/27/2006 8:49:45 AM PDT by don-o (Proudly posting without reading the thread since 1998. (stolen from one cool dude))
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To: BP2

Its amazing all the time spent on engines and maintenence etc when it seems pretty clear what happened.

Boeing must be loving it.

Fox reporting that most deaths due to fire - one crew member survived - probably up front and away from the fuel.


326 posted on 08/27/2006 9:14:11 AM PDT by spanalot
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To: BP2

Antoher thing - you would figure that the crew would be able to eyebqll the length of the runway from the gitgo.

I am not a pilot but there is a BIG difference in the lengths and they should have been able to see the ends of BOTH runways prior to takeoff.

I think there is something more to this.

Anybody have a link to the google map location of site or to the burned hanger?


330 posted on 08/27/2006 9:18:05 AM PDT by spanalot
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To: BP2
"misheard 35R instead of 35L"

You would think the FAA would insist of specific runway numbers that shouldn't sound similar.

336 posted on 08/27/2006 9:23:56 AM PDT by AGreatPer (Boot Murtha)
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To: BP2

Is Lex a 24 hour tower??


362 posted on 08/27/2006 9:47:32 AM PDT by tcrlaf (VOTE DEM! You'll Look GREAT In A Burqa!)
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