NONE · Airbus Industrie A-340-300 · 2002-01-25 · ANCHORAGE, AK, USA
Event
NTSB number
ANC02IA011
Event ID
20020204X00182
Type
Incident
Date
2002-01-25
Location
ANCHORAGE, AK, USA
Coordinates
61.174446, -149.996383
Injuries
Highest injury
NONE
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
252
Total aboard
252
Aircraft
Make
Airbus Industrie
Model
A-340-300
Registration
B-18805
FAR Part
129
Engines
4
Damage
—
Conditions
Light
NDRK
Weather
VMC
Probable cause
The captain's selection of a taxiway instead of a runway for takeoff and the flightcrew's inadequate coordination of the departure, which resulted in a departure from a taxiway. A factor in the incident was inadequate airline operator's procedures that did not require the crew to verbilize and verify the runway in use prior to takeoff.