Goodness gracious, two Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) pilots are going to have some explaining to do (thanks to Hans for flagging this)…
The plane was running behind schedule — while it was supposed to depart at 8:30PM, it ended up only departing at 9:44PM. However, it never actually got off the ground.
The pilots were supposed to taxi out to runway 7R. Instead, they turned too early, and ended up starting their takeoff roll on taxiway V1, which is parallel to the runway (presumably they were planning on doing a midfield takeoff). The pilots accelerated on the taxiway, to the point that the plane reached 107 knots (123 miles per hour), which is approaching the plane’s typical takeoff speed (130+ knots).
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on One Mile at a Time.
