Controller cleared 737’s take-off from occupied runway during long solo shift

Porto incursion 2-c-GPIAAF

Source: GPIAAF

Portuguese investigators have found that a Boeing 737 was granted take-off clearance on an occupied runway by a controller who had worked alone and uninterrupted, in a unified approach and tower position, for 4h before the incident.

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