Smudger
You made a comment (oh and I am not trying to turn this into a lets gang up on smudger post) :
I still can't figure out how anyone can manage to land on the wrong piece of tarmac.
The risk of landing on the taxiway at this airfield (with a slightly abnormal arrangement - taxiway furthest from the terminal) was obviously not covered in the approach brief otherwise it would have stuck out like a saw thumb. Because of this it can be all too easy to miss the bigger picture with nothing to pull the mindset away from landing on the strip ahead. Add a bit of fatigue or stress and it becomes even harder.
I have no doubt that the two drivers will look at that approach dozens of times over the coming years and still not believe what they did, because they are human and that is what we do.............
