757 lands on EWR taxiway by mistake

"Bucky" wrote in message
oups.com...
"Peters [FAA spokesman] said the plane should have landed on Runway 29,
but landed on Taxiway Z, otherwise known as Taxiway Zulu, which is
parallel to the runway."

Hmmm... Any chance it could be as simple as he was experiencing glare from
the sun?

Grumman-581 schrieb:

Hmmm... Any chance it could be as simple as he was experiencing glare from
the sun?

Hardly, half an hour after sunset...

Stefan wrote:
Grumman-581 schrieb:

Hmmm... Any chance it could be as simple as he was experiencing glare from
the sun?

Hardly, half an hour after sunset...


Well, surprising that nobody has yet mentioned that the landing may
have been in VMC conditions. Not saying that it wasn't an error but if
the PF didn't even have the chance to see anything visually outside, it
could explain things.

Or can such incidents happen even when your view is clear enough?

Ramapriya

wrote in message
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Stefan wrote:
Grumman-581 schrieb:

Hmmm... Any chance it could be as simple as he was experiencing glare
from
the sun?

Hardly, half an hour after sunset...


Well, surprising that nobody has yet mentioned that the landing may
have been in VMC conditions. Not saying that it wasn't an error but if
the PF didn't even have the chance to see anything visually outside, it
could explain things.

Or can such incidents happen even when your view is clear enough?

Ramapriya

It's entirely possible. I did it (more than once actually) while training
for my Private certificate.

Lined up perfectly for what I was certain was RWY 4R when in fact it was a
taxiway. Fortunately, I discovered my error in plenty of time to slide over
a bit.

Jay B

wrote:
Not saying that it wasn't an error but if
the PF didn't even have the chance to see anything visually outside, it
could explain things.

Here's the weather on Oct 28 in Newark:
http://www.weather.com/weather/pastw...=0&when=102806

In case that page is not valid later, I'll summarize it he

It rained that morning, but did not rain after noon.

5:51pm: Mostly cloudy and windy. Felt like 52F. Dew point 38F. 59%
humidity. Visiblity 10 miles. Pressure 29.26. Wind 28mph from West.

Sunset 5:58pm

Plane landed 6:31pm

6:51pm: Partly cloudy. Felt like 52F. Dew point 34F. 50% humidity.
Visiblity 10 miles. Pressure 29.28. Wind 22mph from West.

wrote in message
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Or can such incidents happen even when your view is clear enough?

Yup. http://tinyurl.com/ygysw2

Ramapriya

Dima

In a previous article, "Gary Drescher" said:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/A...rtner=homepage


sarcasm
But they were on a flight plan, and the tower was fully staffed, so how
could anything have gone wrong?
/sarcasm

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In article ,
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

In a previous article, "Gary Drescher" said:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/A...1162357200&en=
858151cf4e7fca20&ei=5094&partner=homepage


sarcasm
But they were on a flight plan, and the tower was fully staffed, so how
could anything have gone wrong?
/sarcasm

Somebody used a non-PMA indicator light in the coffee maker.

In a previous article, Roy Smith said:
In article ,
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:
sarcasm
But they were on a flight plan, and the tower was fully staffed, so how
could anything have gone wrong?
/sarcasm

Somebody used a non-PMA indicator light in the coffee maker.

Ah, that explains it.

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more worthwhile solution.' --- Ashley Penney

Somebody used a non-PMA indicator light in the coffee maker.

LOL

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