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> I don't think passengers would have noticed this as anything other than a regular takeoff It looks like the aircraft didn't leave the runway until the runway
by pdonis 5y ago
> I don't think passengers would have noticed this as anything other than a regular takeoff
It looks like the aircraft didn't leave the runway until the runway safety area at the end. That is something any passenger looking out the window could notice. A normal takeoff has the aircraft leaving the runway well before the end.
- diebeforei485 5y ago> That is something any passenger looking out the window could notice. I don't think so, because the departure was at 3:10AM local time (23:10Z). It would have been too dark to perceive.
- pdonis 5y agoThe runway lights and taxiway lights would be on. Sure, you wouldn't be able to see the ground itself outside the range of the lights, but you would be able to see enough to tell that the plane had not taken off at the end of the runway.
- ipython 5y agoYou can see the lighted markers along the side of the runway indicating the number of thousand feet of runway remaining. I’d definitely be concerned as we pass by 2…1…and still not rotated.
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