Lined up perfectly, to the edge of the Runway

[Jim H]

Morning folks,

A video popped up on my YouTube feed last night reporting on this.

https://www.aeroflap.com.br/en/Turkish-Airlines-pl...

Speculation is they were not on the centre line, rather lined to the edge of the runway. I appreciate the gear is designed to take a bit of hammering! Surely a huge risk also for FOD? Being so far off the usual path.

And hard to understand how they didn’t recognise their mistake through to take off.

Not a bad outcome all considered.

[48k]

It sounds like one of those things that is so fundamental it shouldn't be possible to get wrong, but they are not the first crew to have done this and I doubt they will be the last.

[Jim H]

QQ, Runway lighting, are centre line and edge lighting the same colour- I presume white? And are they all of a standard on all Runways (Global)?

As I’m always sat in the rear, I’ve never seen the view from up front, and I rarely get a window seat - and I’ve not paid much attention to videos.

[ecsrobin]

Jim H said:

QQ, Runway lighting, are centre line and edge lighting the same colour- I presume white? And are they all of a standard on all Runways (Global)?

As I’m always sat in the rear, I’ve never seen the view from up front, and I rarely get a window seat - and I’ve not paid much attention to videos.

[MarkwG]

From Google maps, looks like 26L has wider shoulders, particularly if one lines up rather than back tracking first.

[5150]

MarkwG said:

From Google maps, looks like 26L has wider shoulders, particularly if one lines up rather than back tracking first.

Good spot, and almost certainly a mitigating factor. . . .