Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
That would imply that the crew didn't take seriously the United pilot's "They're on the taxiway!" transmission (but went around anyway).
It will indeed, though I suspect that their first response was rather more immediate and rather more Anglo-Saxon.
Unless they were Québécois.
I doubt if the crew even heard the UAL transmission (or more correctly comprehended it) why would they think it is about them?
A more constructive transmission would have been Air Canada you are lined up on the taxiway; or aircraft on approach to 28R you are landing on the taxiway.
When someone has cognitive tunneling, the first sense to go is understanding what is being said. Once they had started the go around they were out of the tunnel.
There was a lot to be said for the RAF 'runway controller' firing a red flare
