Sector Aviation

Runway incursion, Boeing MD-11, Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, 28 May 2005

RSS
Start date investigation May 28, 2005
End date investigation July 15, 2010
Type investigation Short
Registratie vliegtuig PH-KCK
Status investigation Closed

In consult with air traffic control the driver of a bird control vehicle had stopped on the end of runway 24 to clear the remains of an animal from the runway. At that moment a MD-11 aircraft had started its take-off roll from the beginning of runway 24 and passed overhead the vehicle.