Sentence examples for on the wrong runway from inspiring English sources

The pilot was on the wrong runway, which proved too short.

But the two German pilots, after having received clearance for takeoff, taxied on the wrong runway.

CORRECTION: This post originally said the plane was on the wrong runway; it was on the wrong taxiway.

Pilot error put the flight on the wrong runway but it remained a mystery why an experienced captain made such a "dreadful mistake," airline officials said today.

The family of a woman killed when Comair Flight 5191 took off on the wrong runway and crashed in flames sued the airline.

The Singapore Airlines jet that crashed in Taiwan on Tuesday, killing at least 81, may have been on the wrong runway and hit construction materials, officials said.

A7 Jet Took Wrong Runway The Singapore Airlines jet that crashed in Taipei on Tuesday, killing 81 people, taxied onto the wrong runway and slammed into construction equipment just before takeoff, Taiwan's air safety chief said and the airline agreed.

I later learned that my flight had tried to take off from the wrong runway, hit concrete barriers and crashed back on the runway.

In that case, the crew of the jet picked the wrong runway, which was too short for the plane, and 49 of the 50 on board died.

The number of "runway incursions," in which a plane, vehicle or even a person is on the wrong spot on a runway, is down, it said, and the number of times that planes aloft came too close together has also declined.

ATCo-R is responsible for the safe and efficient traffic handling on the runway and the runway crossings.