Originally Posted by
Jhieminga
Great to read these stories, but I'm particularly interested in the quote above. It's the first time I've heard of this, does anyone know more about it?
I don't recall that one, nor this one that popped up a couple of days ago in the Air Canada/SFO incident thread:
Originally Posted by
OldLurker
A few years ago a 747 was cleared to land at LHR although an A320 was lined up for takeoff on the same runway. Daytime, visual; the A320's topside color happened to be gray, blending with the runway; its company's SOP was to have strobes off at that stage; so the 747 crew didn't see the A320 until the last minute ... but they did make it to stage 3 and went around from about 200ft agl.
Info on either/both welcomed. An A320 with a grey topside doesn't leave too many possibilities ...