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Watch the first few seconds of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnzNvhQxu90 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnzNvhQxu90 The pilots should not have
by laydn 9y ago
Watch the first few seconds of this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnzNvhQxu90 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnzNvhQxu90
The pilots should not have mistaken the taxiway for the runway. There simply are too many differentiating features between the runway and the taxiway.
This isn't acceptable piloting.
- Animats 9y agoBoth pilots have said they thought the lit runway was 28L, and thus the taxiway, without visible approach lights, was 28R. If the pilots thought the approach lights for the desired runway were obscured by ground fog, which is possible at SFO, they might have made that assumption. Wait for the NTSB report. This one will be closely analyzed for years.
- bfjdhedfidndb 9y agoSomething is deeply wrong somewhere if ground fog can make an airplane land on a taxiway. Either airport design, or pilot training, etc... But this should not be an understandable mistake.