Why didn't they bail?
Why didn't the first two planes bail off the taxiway? I can't imagine I'd just sit there and let someone land on my nose. What are your driver's instincts here? When Bob Bragg's captain saw KLM he firewalled it sideways and saved at least some of his passengers' lives. That no one even seemed to get excited, much less take some action, is as strange as the errant line-up.
-drl