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Old 08-29-2006, 08:59 AM
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The taxi way is in front of the terminals , The aircraft controler directed the plain onto the taxi way and instructed the pilot to turn left to runway 22, When the pilot turned left he was now on runway 26, (short runway) 22 is long runway. The controler should have watched the plane turn again onto runway 22 but for some reason , did not watch or did click soon enough to get out a STOP. When Air traffic controlers and pilots assume stuff bad thing happen. The controler was just trying to give the pilot a short cut, the pilot followed instructions and turned left, but the pilot failed to listen close , The instructions were turn left to runway 22 not turn left on runway 22.
Misstakes happen in air travel and people die when they do.
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