An Easyjet plane carrying nearly 200 people almost ran out of runway after taking off from the wrong place.The flight, which departed London Luton Airport for Malaga on June 13, 2025, was just 65ft off the ground at the end of the runway as the pilot took off from an intersection with a 'higher-than-normal' weight at almost 69,000kg. The pilot had taken off at 5.32am from the part of the runway he normally used - an intersection - but the plane was heavier than usual that morning. He should have used the full runway and had planned to do so, according to an investigation. A report by the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has found that the terrifying incident likely occurred due to the crew's 'habitual behaviour and confirmation bias'. It states: 'The crew calculated takeoff performance to depart using the full-length of the runway, but the aircraft departed from a runway intersection, ie with a shorter take off run. 'The crew did not notice this during the takeoff roll but it was identified later the same day by the operator's Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) system. 'Safety action was taken by the operator to amend their operating procedures to try to trap this takeoff performance error.' The Easyjet flight was just 65ft off the ground at the end of the runway as the pilot took off from an intersection with a 'higher-than-normal' weight at almost 69,000kg (File image) The incident occurred as the aircraft departed Luton airport at 5.32am on June 13, 2025According to the report, the co-pilot had planned to take off from Intersection Alpha on Runway 25. However, he noted that they did not have the takeoff performance, given the aircraft's weight and the environmental conditions at the time. This was checked and confirmed by the captain, a 49-year-old with 13,500 hours of flying experience, of which 9,000 were on the same type of aircraft they had flown that day, the A320. On board were 180 passengers and six crew. The crew agreed to do a calculation using the full-length of Runway 25, which permitted a take off.The report states: 'They then briefed for the departure including potential threats to be considered. 'While the aircraft's higher-than-normal weight was considered, should an immediate return to LTN (Luton airport) be required, the takeoff from the full-length, rather than from an intersection, was not.' The flight was given clearance to line-up on Runway 25, at Intersection Alpha, behind a landing aircraft, followed by clearance to take off. The aircraft departed without event.It returned to Luton airport later the same day and the crew went off-duty. The captain was informed that the incident had automatically triggered a post-flight event on Easyjet's Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) system.