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Old 23rd Jan 2010, 20:56
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SK8TRBOI
 
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"...Would have prevented the recent ATLtaxiway landing"...

Perhaps. But, as it turns out, there was a LOT going on that particular evening in ATL - a sick passenger, emergency crews waiting to meet airplane upon landing w/ crew trying to get as close as possible to them, a last minute (literally) parallel runway change (the old side-step!), and maintenance on the landing runway so the lights were not on (but taxiway lighting was).

Gotta read the preliminary report (on NTSB site somewhere) as the ATL taxiway-landing incident was truly a comedy of errors that led to, fortunately, a safe outcome. The 'lead-up' to this incident was anything but routine.

Oh, good link though and HUD points well taken. Thanks,

Cheers!
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