Belair A320 at Porto on Oct 1st 2013, intersection departure with full length power setting

A Belair Airbus A320-200 on behalf of Air Berlin, registration HB-IOR performing flight AB-7785 from Porto (Portugal) to Palma Mallorca,SP (Spain) with 158 people on board, was preparing for departure from Porto's runway 17 and lined up for takeoff from intersection taxiway F instead of full length of runway (full length takeoff distance available 3480 meters, distance available from intersection F 1900 meters) but used takeoff power settings computed for a full length departure. The aircraft became safely airborne and continued to destination for a safe landing.

The French BEA reported in their weekly bulletin that the occurrence was rated a serious incident, Switzerland's SUST is investigating the occurrence.