2/5/2026 Brussels A320 high speed abort on taxiway

"... the pilot managed to stop the plane before a taxiway intersection and just short of the airport's fuel tanks."

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dtuuri said:
"... the pilot managed to stop the plane before a taxiway intersection and just short of the airport's fuel tanks."

:eek:
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But didn't manage to see the lack of giant numbers or "dotted" centerline in front of him.
 
Mikey52 said:
It happens. They were almost up to SWA's normal taxi speed. Braniff landed on a taxiway in Denver.
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That was the old Stapleton. It happened a few times. Continental did it (I believe even Lorenzo was on board). There used to be a note in the airport diagram to warn you not to mistake Taxiway C for the runway. There were four parallel pieces of pavement 26L, C, 26R, and 25.

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Then there was the crash in Quincy where the airplane took off on the wrong runway (which was too short). I suggested maybe we should paint the runway numbers really large on the end of them, or put this device in the cockpit that told the pilot which way the airplane was pointed so he could confirm he was rolling in the right direction.

Years ago, I was standing on the intersection of taxiway P and P3 at Oshkosh marshalling planes. I had just directed a plane on P3 to turn on P (which is usually used only for southbound traffic) when a Bonanza shoots by me on P going north at very high speed. Why the hell is he taxiing som fast, I think. Then I realize he'd just landed on the taxiway. The next day a bunch of guys come out with paint and big rollers and start holding a discussion at the end of P. I inquire if they know how to spell X.
 
flyingron said:
Then there was the crash in Quincy where the airplane took off on the wrong runway (which was too short). I suggested maybe we should paint the runway numbers really large on the end of them, or put this device in the cockpit that told the pilot which way the airplane was pointed so he could confirm he was rolling in the right direction.
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Comair 5191?

Anyway after 5191 I added a callout to my routine after lineup. I call out runway number and then cross check to make sure whiskey compass and DG/HSI agree.
 
Bill said:
Comair 5191?

Anyway after 5191 I added a callout to my routine after lineup. I call out runway number and then cross check to make sure whiskey compass and DG/HSI agree.
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Yeah, you're right. LEX not UIN. Much ado about the tower not catching this due to one controller being on duty (and apparently not paying attention) as if airplanes can't be trusted to depart from the runway they were cleared from without ground help.

Quincy was a different crash (two airplanes colliding on intersecting runways).
 
Kenny Phillips said:
But didn't manage to see the lack of giant numbers or "dotted" centerline in front of him.
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Yes, but hard to see the numbers behind you doing an intersection take-off.
The captain made a very frank announcement to the passengers about the mistake they made in this incident.
 
While RAAS systems can be very annoying at times, they would very possibly have prevented this incident.
 
Spinka said:
Yes, but hard to see the numbers behind you doing an intersection take-off.
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Presumably they saw the numbers in front of them indicating that the piece of pavement they were looking for was still ahead of them.
 
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