Air Canada SFO incident

[codash1099]

A little off target?

FAA investigating after incident at SFO where Air Canada flight nearly landed on taxiway | abc7news.com

 

[defurax]

Bit stressful for the pilot waiting on the taxiway...

 

[RooFlyer]

There was 30 metres in it ... initial report on the incident.

 

[Strategic Aviation]

More Chilling Details: The Close Call At SFO Keeps Getting Closer - One Mile at a Time

 

[Strategic Aviation]

Video Footage Of AC759's Near Disaster At SFO - One Mile at a Time

 

[codash1099]

Accident prone?

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/no-one-injured-2-airplanes-140756872.html

 

[Strategic Aviation]

Changes Are Being Made At SFO Following Last Month's Close Call - One Mile at a Time

 

[Strategic Aviation]

Ouch: An Air Canada A320 Had An Incident At SFO... Again! - One Mile at a Time

This incident happened on October 22, on Air Canada 781 from Montreal to San Francisco. The A320 was on final approach and was given landing clearance, but was then advised by the controller six times to go around, without response.

This was apparently because the tower wasn’t sure whether another plane had vacated the runway yet or not, so as a precaution they wanted the Air Canada A320 to go around. However, the pilots of the Air Canada plane never responded, and continued with their landing.

Not only that, but air traffic controllers tried to use a flashing light gun to get the pilots to abort their landing, which is apparently a standard protocol, but they weren’t responsive to that either.

The incident is being investigated. We’ll have to wait for the investigation to see if there was an actual problem with the radio, if the pilots were just dialed into the wrong frequency, or what. It may have been pilot error, or it may not have been. Perhaps the concerning part here is that they didn’t abort the landing based on the use of the red light gun.

 

[oz_mark]

NTSB has releases some security footage. Air Canada is the light moving from right to left across the top of the video