Originally Posted by
_Phoenix
Post #4 includes a good audio of ATC, at about 25:45:
“There's no one on 2-8 Right but you!”
“OK, Air Canada 75/Where's this guy going? He's on the taxiway!”
Fortunately, there was a guy more alert than AC flight deck and ATC, all together. He cut off the AC re-confirmation.
Hundreds of souls are still with us today because of this guy. Congratulations, well done, unknown hero!
However, had the holes in the swiss cheese lined up differently and there were two heros reporting the problem at the same time (shades of Tenerife) the transmission would have been garbled and perhaps not understood.
Near miss, says I.