Originally Posted by
RobertS975
It is commonplace for the pilots in aircraft lined up for takeoff on a taxiway parallel to the active runway to douse their landing lights to reduce glare for the oncoming landing aircraft. Fortunately, that did not seem to be the case here, or did crews on the taxiway sense what was happening and then turn on landing lights?
From the NTSB update linked by underfire:
The flight crew of the first airplane in queue on taxiway C (UAL1) transmitted statements regarding ACA759, one of which mentioned the alignment of ACA759 with the taxiway while ACA759 was on short final (see figures 2 and 3). The flight crew of the second airplane in queue on taxiway C switched on their airplane’s landing lights as the incident airplane approached.