Description

On 24 November 2019, an Airbus A321 (G-EUXJ) being operated by British Airways on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Glasgow to London Heathrow and departing Glasgow in night IMC showed no sign of becoming airborne at the calculated V1, so the crew set TOGA thrust and after then becoming airborne crossed the end of the runway at 276 feet agl.

Investigation

A Serious Incident Investigation was carried out by the UK AAIB. The aircraft operator provided a copy of the relevant QAR data. It was noted that the 57 year-old Captain, who had been acting as PF for the fight involved, had a total of 20,593 hours flying experience which included 12,061 hours on A320 family aircraft. The flying experience of the First Officer was not recorded. Both pilots were starting the final day of a four-day short haul duty period that would consist of just the single sector from Glasgow to London Heathrow and both stated that they had been “well rested” prior to reporting to operate the flight. During the previous three days they had flown A319, A320 and A321 aircraft.