Report on serious aircraft incident at Oslo airport Gardermoen 25 february 2010 involving Airbus A320-214 VP-BWM, operated by Aeroflot Russian Airlines
Aviation report 2010/18 eng
The aircraft made a taxiing mistake and took off from a parallell taxiway to the departure runway. The flight crew was not aware that they had taken off from a taxiway until informed of this by the air traffic controller after take-off. The investigation has uncovered that factors which contributed to the incident can be found with the parties involved, i.e. the airline, the control tower and the airport.
Facts
| Location | ENGM, Oslo airport, Gardermoen |
| Occurrence date | 25.02.2010 |
| ICAO Location indicator | ENGM |
| Aircraft | Airbus A319/320/321 |
| Registration | VP-BWM |
| Meteorological conditions | VMC |
| County | Akershus |
| Type of occurrence | Serious incident |
| Type of operation | Scheduled air transport |
| Category of operation | Heavy, aeroplane (> 10 000kg) |
| Aircraft category | Landplane, Multi-engine |
| FIR/AOR | ENOS (Oslo ATCC) |