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Old 6th Feb 2003, 10:50
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Dai Rear
 
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I vaguely recall an incident in the south of England during the mid 1980s when a passenger jet landed on a taxiway at the end of which another passenger jet was correctly awaiting clearance for take off. A disaster was narrowly avoided only by a sharp observer on ATC who radioed the awating aircraft and instructed them to drive onto the grass. I also seem to think that a similar incident occurred at the same runway a few years later but for both incidents I do not recall specific details.
About 6 years ago, I recall a BA 747 pilot mistaking the lights of the M4 for Heathrow and almost landing, coming within 200 yards of touchdown. From memory, the pilot was a Scottish lad who quietly disapeared and they found him a few days later in his car in a remote part of the Black Isle with a hose pipe from his exhaust.
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