Originally Posted by
PukinDog
................The real question(s) is why didn't the Cathay crew comply with simple ATC vectors to intercept the localizer for 28L and, after acknowledging they had visual contact with traffic on a parallel runway (28R) and would maintain visual separation, blew through their final approach course to wind up underneath that other traffic lined-up for 28R. It's as if they thought they were landing on 28R, tuned the wrong freq, and never looked out the window again...........
(my bold)
Great post, PukinDog: This seems to be the most likely reason behind the confusion on the Cathay flight deck. Agree with the rest of your (unquoted) post #102 too
