Thousands of people read reports of last July’s near collision on the ground at San Francisco International Airport when an Air Canada flight nearly landed on a taxiway. Until the NTSB last week opened the docket of information related to the incident, almost no one realized just how close all the aircraft involved came to being part of a major ground collision.
Close Call at San Francisco Airport was Closer than Anyone Thought
Key Takeaways:
- An Air Canada flight nearly landed on a crowded taxiway instead of the runway at San Francisco International Airport in July 2017, descending below 100 feet before executing a go-around.
- The near collision was primarily due to pilot confusion during a nighttime visual approach, exacerbated by the crew forgetting to use navigational backups.
- The tower controller also failed to detect the error; subsequently, the FAA banned combining tower and ground control positions at SFO to address workload concerns.
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