I knew it was close but not this close!

[l921428x]

The incident last week when an Airbus 320
was within 100' of landing on planes on a taxi way.

http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2017/0...n-history.html

Fire is my worst fear.

[imanaknut]

What is really scary is that the controller was not watching the inbound traffic, and there was only one controller on duty at the time, and that the pilot of the near death plane didn't notice that the runway lights were the wrong color. Thankfully a pilot on the taxiway spoke up.

[l921428x]

Yeah the audio is on that post. Something to the affect of "where's that guy going"
In another article I read it was said that all 4 of the planes were heavies. Now I do not
know what that means now days but it used to mean the 747.

[imanaknut]

Several now fit the old idea of Heavy. Heavy is the term for wide bodied aircraft, these days the venerable 747, plus the 767, 777, Airbus 330, 340 and 380 fit the bill.

The original three, when wide bodies was not the norm were the old Lockheed L-1011, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and of course the amazing 747.

[1 Patriot-of-many]

Human error. Costs lives in every profession and in our personal lives. Thank God they caught it.

[BISHOP]

I have always took HEAVY to mean loaded up (fuel, passengers, cargo, etc).


BISHOP