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There was a Delta incident at KATL where a plane landed on a taxiway. NTSB report: https://www.ntsb.gov/about/employment/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_
by rrmm 9y ago
There was a Delta incident at KATL where a plane landed on a taxiway.
NTSB report: https://www.ntsb.gov/about/employment/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20091020X05636&ntsbno=OPS10IA001&akey=1 https://www.ntsb.gov/about/employment/_layouts/ntsb.aviation...
Here is a comment from the NTSB report:
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Observations made from the flight deck during the flight test approaches indicated that when the lights were set to the same levels as were encountered by the incident crew, from about DEPOT intersection, the runway 27R centerline lights were not identifiable and the taxiway M centerline lights were more prominent. When established on final, the taxiway signs were more visible than runway 27R edge lights. At about 500 feet above ground level the runway centerline lights were barely visible and it appeared that some lights may have been out. The color of the blue taxiway edge lights became distinguishable at about 500 feet above ground level while on approach.
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