[Gobbledock]

Herr Ventus,

There still isn't a lot printed on the accident, and yes the NTSB has classified it as an accident, not an incident. However they have also agreed to let Qatar do the investigation! WTF?
Minor links below;

http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2...-13-hours/

http://www.jacdec.de/2015/09/17/2015-09-...-at-miami/

This bit is interesting;

"The aircraft lined-up on runway 09 via taxiway „Tango 1“, reducing the available take-off distance by approximately 1370 meters (from 3968 meters to 2600 meters)" 

Obviously it was a heavy aircraft due to a 13 hour flight ahead of it, yet he chooses to shorten the takeoff length? Time/slot pressure? Operational pressure? Incompetence? Fatigue? Incorrect weight data? Then the airline allegedly took 2 days to advise the NTSB of the incident occurring!  And as I said in a previous post, no crew on the aircraft felt anything at all?

Something doesn't 'feel right' about this. Perhaps the missing jigsaw pieces will all be displayed eventually, but Ventus I am tending to agree with your thought of  "These incidents are simply a result of the current thinking in the industry, which is: "go mindednes". And perhaps there is a correlation between this incident to the EK Melbourne incident, even though it is two different airlines involved? It is also interesting to note that in recent times the Yanks have also run into the habit of flying aircraft to the wrong airports, I shit you not!!

http://roadwarriorvoices.com/2015/05/06/...r-the-faa/

http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/r...09-010.pdf

So in light of some of the bizarre incidents happenning of late, some of which to say the least are perplexing, I think a tick tock is definitely in order.

TICK TOCK