Originally Posted by
ORAC
From the transcript it is obvious the Air Canada crew could see the aircraft where they planned to land - that's why they asked ATC the question about them. From that point there was no danger of collision; even if ATC didn't order the go-round at some point the crew would have. Unless you think they would have thought, "what the hell, lets just land on top of them anyway".
Doubtless true.
But nevertheless satisfies a criterion for a "serious incident" per Annex 13:
"5. Landings or attempted landings on a closed or engaged runway, on a taxiway or unassigned runway"