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| Date: | Saturday 26 September 2009 |
| Time: | 17:05 |
| Type: |  Boeing 777-236 |
| Owner/operator: | British Airways |
| Registration: | G-VIIR |
| MSN: | 29322/203 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 52801 hours |
| Cycles: | 8129 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 101 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Basseterre-Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport (SKB/TKPK) -
 St. Kitts and Nevis
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Basseterre-Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport (SKB/TKPK) |
| Antigua-V.C. Bird International Airport (ANU/TAPA) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The crew received the aircraft’s takeoff performance figures for a takeoff from Intersection Alpha on Runway 07 at Robert L Bradshaw International Airport, St Kitts. Having received taxi clearance to Intersection Alpha, the aircraft taxied to Intersection Bravo from where it subsequently took off; the crew believed they were at Intersection Alpha. Intersection Bravo on Runway 07 is not an authorised takeoff intersection for the Boeing 777. The estimated Take-off Run Available from Intersection Bravo was approximately 1220 m, which was 695 m less than the planned takeoff run from Intersection Alpha.
Contributory factors
1 The airport authority had not installed any taxiway or holding point signs on the airfield.
2 The crew did not brief the taxi routing.
3 The crew misidentified Taxiway Bravo for Taxiway Alpha and departed from Intersection Bravo.
4 The trainee ATCO did not inform the flight crew that they were at Intersection Bravo.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/4-2010-boeing-777-236-g-viir-26-september-2009
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2024 07:37 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 25-Mar-2024 09:09 | ASN | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 25-Mar-2024 09:09 | ASN | Updated [Location, ] |
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