The Comair crash reminds me...

"Kyler Laird" wrote in message
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The Today Show this morning had a spot where an NTSB spokesperson said
"during the takeoff roll the flight crew noted that the lights were out
on the runway" then the voice over breaks in with "but the crew never
applied the brakes or radioed the tower. Instead the captain called out
'rotate' telling the first officer to pull up at the appropriate speed."

Was the tower active or was that comment from out of nowhere?


It's a full-time tower.



If it was active...well, was the plane really cleared for takeoff onto the
wrong
runway?


No, it was cleared for takeoff on the right runway, the flight crew
attempted takeoff on the wrong runway.