In September I wrote about the Qatar Airways accident (at least that's how the FAA categorized it) at Miami Airport. During this incident,a Qatar Airways 777-300ER bound for Doha didn't hold off on time and struck some of the landing lights on the far end of the runway.
This caused substantial damage (including a 46cm tear in the fuselage and 90 dents and scratches), though as it turns out the pilots didn't realize they had struck anything, or so they continued flying to Doha. It's extremely fortunate that the plane landed without incident,as things could have ended much worse.
It was quickly revealed that the Qatar Airways pilots made a midfield takeoff, whereby they took off from intersection "T1, and " instead of the end of the runway. whether you see at the bottom of the diagram below,you'll see the airport's south runway, which they took off on. They were taking off into the east, or the first grey box is where they started their takeoff roll (instead of the end of the runway),and then the second grey box is where they ended up hitting the runway lights.While we knew that nearly immediately, the mountainous question was why the pilots of a fully loaded 777 decided to effect a midfield takeoff?The post What Caused Qatar Airways “Accident” In Miami? appeared first on One Mile at a Time.
Source: boardingarea.com