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End of the runway getting closer than usual? - set TOGA thrust

18 Apr 2022
On 3 March 2021, a Boeing 737-800 departing Lisbon only just became airborne before the end of runway 21 and was likely to have overrun the runway in the event of a high speed rejected takeoff. After a significant reporting delay, the Investigation established that both pilots had calculated takeoff performance using the full runway length and then performed takeoff from an intersection after failing to identify their error before FMS entry or increase thrust to TOGA as the runway end was evidently close. This was the aircraft operator’s third almost identical event at Lisbon in less than five months. 

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