On Friday in San Francisco almost did not happen «the greatest tragedy in the history of aviation» when the aircraft of the airline Air Canada almost landed on 4 other aircraft.
Flight AC759 from Toronto received permission to land at the international airport in San Francisco shortly before midnight on Friday local time. However, the pilot made a mistake and started to sit down on a taxiwaylocated parallel to the runway. On the track, at that time, there were 4 aircraft with passengers and fuel in the fuel tanks, awaiting permission to take off.
The situation was saved by the helpful airport staff. According to officials, the Manager sent coming in for a landing Airbus 320 that needs sAichi in the second roundin order to safely land at the airport. At the second attempt the plane landed without incident.
Currently, the Federal aviation administration is investigating the incident.
«If you can imagine how huge Airbus faces four other passenger planes full of fuel and passengers, you can imagine how terrible could be unfolding there is a tragedy,» said the Director General of the Commission of Aero Consulting Experts, captain United Airlines, retired, Ross the Ijmeer.
The airport has not commented on the incident.
