Two airliners aborted landings at San Francisco International Airport last week after pilots spotted a Southwest Airlines jet taxiing across runways on which the other planes had been cleared to land.
Shortly after that, the crew of an incoming Alaska Airlines plane saw the same Southwest jet crossing a second, parallel runway, and the pilots aborted their landing too.The air traffic controller told the crew of the Southwest jet, "You shouldn’t be on the runway," according to a recording captured by LiveATC.com.
When one of the pilots tried to explain, the controller cut him off, saying, "I don’t need an argument.", when pilots of an Air Canada jet mistook a taxiway for their runway and nearly landed on top of four other planes waiting to take off.is safeHowever, concern about the close calls led the FAA to hold a "safety summit" in March.
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