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Old 11th Jul 2017, 02:33
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pattern_is_full
 
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What breathless nonsense.
Breathless - agreed. AC pilots did question their clearance and what they were aiming for.

But...

In visual conditions there's no way anyone's landing on an occupied strip of pavement, night or not.
It has happened before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAir_Flight_1493

But at SFO, the runway has a honking big array of approach lights, and the taxiway does not. I'd find it hard to confuse one for the other, even more so at night.

Perhaps a database error? EDIT: I see that idea occured to airbubba, too.
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