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teeitup
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Any pilot familiar with LAX here? Help me understand.
Jul 12 2017 11:46AM more by teeitup
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How the ^*#@$@&^&%* can you mistake a taxiway for the runway even at night? They are lit differently (aren't they?) and isn't there a guide to tell you when you're correctly on approach?

Should I avoid Air Canada like the plague from now on? That's just Fubar.
      
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MUNK
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Jul 12 2017 11:49AM     link to this

Just do us a favor and fly into one of their engines
teeitup
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Jul 12 2017 11:58AM     link to this

Ford is old and been shot with poisoned arrows too often, so I understand him being f_cked up. But a professional airline pilot??
pocopup
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Jul 12 2017 12:56PM     link to this

ReFlexes of a meerkat
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teeitup
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Jul 12 2017 01:00PM     link to this

Rent, please at least get on the correct blog. Hanging Tramp is several blogs down.
dblednmike
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Jul 12 2017 01:20PM     link to this

it was San Fransisco not LAX.
teeitup
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Jul 12 2017 01:23PM     link to this

Well I feel much better now.................not
Reaper_1
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Jul 12 2017 01:32PM     link to this

Yes the runways and taxiways are definitely lit up differently, though it can probably be pilot error or pilot fatigue. It can happen to the best pilots as well.
Grumpy
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Jul 12 2017 01:46PM     link to this

Teecup, don't be afraid to fly. A swift kick in the ass and I can fly you anywhere .
Reaper_1
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Jul 12 2017 01:52PM     link to this

Yes there is exactly visual guides for landing aircraft at all airports called VASI (Visual Approach Slope Indicator) lights which were probably obscured by weather or haze miles out on approach.
Reaper_1
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Jul 12 2017 01:57PM     link to this

Perhaps!
c.cooper
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Jul 12 2017 03:31PM     link to this

Pilot's confusion, or fatigue. In my opinion this is the reason behind this incident. Why both pilots didn't realize they are on the wrong flight path, hopefully the investigation will find out. As for the landing systems at our airports, they are very sophisticated and provide to the aircraft navigation instruments the exact flight path for a safe landing. If the pilots get busy with the cute flight attendants, there is an auto land option as well
teeitup
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Jul 12 2017 03:42PM     link to this

^^^You all are makin me feel even better...not.
teeitup
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Jul 12 2017 03:47PM     link to this

If you stop buyin cheap Chinese crap...just sayin
crow999
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Jul 12 2017 04:11PM     link to this

there were snakes on the plane...
Reaper_1
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Jul 12 2017 04:36PM     link to this

And landings are never easy to perform in any fixed wing aircraft.
AFMadness
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Jul 12 2017 06:05PM     link to this

Your forgetting that professionals built the Titanic.
ocguy66
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Jul 13 2017 11:34AM     link to this

co-pilot handy
teeitup
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Jul 13 2017 11:42AM     link to this

Que?
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