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Old 1st Jan 2014, 15:11
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suninmyeyes
 
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When it comes to taking the wrong taxiway this genuine air traffic control tape (with graphics) from Providence USA is one of the the most chilling I have ever heard. A United has taken the wrong taxiway in fog, (easily done), it stops on a live runway and an aircraft is cleared for takeoff. The departing aircraft luckily gets airborne before it hits United. The United reports they are on an active runway and an aircraft has just taken off over them. They are told to be quiet and another aircraft is cleared for takeoff.....

If ever there is an argument for moving map airport taxiway displays to be made mandatory in commercial aircraft this is it.

So Many Errors: The Runway Incursion of United 1448
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