That is pretty crazy. Was Harrison Ford flying the plane? đ
Thankful for that ATC - saved hundreds of lives.
Sounds like something youâd see on TS1
Harrison Ford V2.0
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I donât see anything on AvHerald. It looked like the pilot went around at 400 feet, which is quite low. The pilot shouldâve went around and/or sidestepped way before, but it probably wouldâve been a non-issue regardless.
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Clear night, a well lit runway and a professionally trained crew. I do wonder how something like this even happensâŚ
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This was the FR24 map and speed/alt chart of the flight. Shows the bottoming out at 695 feet on the first attempt, however, they could of gotten lower in between altitude transmissions.
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This is one heck of a pilot error. Canât blame this on equipment unless he experienced some kind of new and unheard of optical phenomenon.
And on another note, doesnât this happen if you go APPR on the 28âs in Infinite Flight? Haha.
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Anyone have the ATC playback?
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Itâs embedded in the article :)
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Found it now - thanks
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why are taxiways being mistaken as runways becoming more and more common
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It was at night, so maybe the pilot mistook the taxiway lights for the runway lights?
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im not talking about this accident only more speaking for the growing trend of these type of accidents
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Not to generalizeâŚ
This happens everytime the media chooses people with no understanding of aviation to report on the incidents.
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Wow, that would be horrifying if the plane landed on the taxi way.
I once made the same mistake before on Ts1, where I mistaken the runway as the taxiway, then I immediately declare a go-around when I saw a A380 there. I suppose itâs a common mistake pilots make at IF.
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Had the weather was bad like the EVAâs near miss case, the accident is more likely to happen and would kill many innocent lives. Fortunately, the weather was good at that time.
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Hopefully another one of you know what didnât happen for the second time.
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AC759: San Francisco Tower AC759 on the ILS 28R
Tower: AC759 San Francisco Tower Runway 28R cleared to land
10 minutes lattorrâŚ
Tower: AC759 GO AROUNDDDDD
AC759: weâre landing on the taxi way so there is no need to go around
Tower: AC759 im going to need you to copy a phone number
AC759: we cant, weâre on short final for Taxi way charlie as today weâre honoring harrison ford
Tower: You only had one job đ¤Śââď¸
(Insert phone dialogue here)
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They were running late so he thought it would have been more time efficient to just land infront of the gate. No need for so much hassle, Itâs completely understandable.
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So youâre telling me that a pilot with thousands of flying experience lined up with a taxiway? Night time is no excuse because the plane should be equipped with 2017 advanced aviation technology. Why did the pilot line up with the taxiway I have no idea but didnt the cockpit instruments tell him? Sounds like the cockpit instruments werenât working properly if he lined up with the taxiwayâŚ
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