Runway Lights Baffled Pilots on Night of San Francisco Near-Miss
- NTSB releases preliminary reports on July 7 Air Canada event
- Plane almost landed on taxiway where planes were lined up
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Construction lights were so bright they were confusing to pilots who tried to land at night in July 2017 when a fatigued Air Canada crew almost struck four aircraft on the ground in San Francisco, according to preliminary reports.
The National Transportation Safety Board released more than 500 pages of investigative reports Wednesday, including a video recording of the July 7 event, but didn’t reach conclusions on what caused the airliner to come within feet of triggering a catastrophe.