Air Canada Flight 759
On July 7, 2017, a Airbus A320-211 was nearly in an accident at San Francisco International Airport in San Mateo County, California, United States. The flight came from Toronto Pearson international Airport and was about to land but instead of lining up with the runway, the plane had lined up with the taxiway.
 C-FKCK, the aircraft involved in the near-miss, in November 2019 | |
| Incident | |
|---|---|
| Date | July 7, 2017 |
| Summary | Near collision on final approach at night |
| Site | San Francisco International Airport, California, United States 37°36′58″N 122°21′34″W / 37.61611°N 122.35944°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A320-211 |
| Operator | Air Canada |
| IATA flight No. | AC759 |
| ICAO flight No. | ACA759 |
| Call sign | AIR CANADA 759 |
| Registration | C-FKCK |
| Flight origin | Toronto Pearson International Airport, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, United States |
| Occupants | 140 |
| Passengers | 135 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
The National Transportation Safety Board determined the possible cause was the Air Canada flight crew's confusion of the runway with the taxiway, with causes such as the crew not using the instrument landing system (ILS) and pilot fatigue. A retired pilot stated the runway confusion that almost happened "probably came close to the greatest aviation disaster in history"[1][2][2][3] as five airplanes and potentially over 1,000 passengers were at imminent risk of a disaster greater than the Tenerife airport disaster.
References
change- ↑ Gafni, Matthias (July 11, 2017). "SFO near-miss: Air Canada flight got 'extremely close' to planes on taxiway, pilot on ground alerted tower, averted disaster". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Levenson, Eric; Chan, Stella; Hassan, Carma; Ostrower, Jon (July 11, 2017). "Air Canada plane nearly lands on a crowded taxiway at San Francisco airport". CNN. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ↑ Spurr, Ben; Howells, Laura (July 11, 2017). "'Close to the greatest aviation disaster in history:' Air Canada pilot almost lands on busy taxiway". The Star. Retrieved July 18, 2017.