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Canyon (NoWorries) First Officer
Joined: Jul 22, 2005 Posts: 351
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:19 pm

http://www.comcast.net/news/national/index.jsp?cat=DOMESTIC&fn=/2006/10/31/510560.html

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CRJCapt Chief Captain
Joined: Sep 12, 2005 Posts: 3729 Location: Ohio,USA
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:34 pm

No excuse for landing on a taxiway instead of the runway, runway lights are white and taxiway lights are blue. It didn't say which runway but it sounds like runway 29. It doesn't have a instrument approach procedure and they were probably doing a visual approach. Here's the airport diagram:

murjax Guest
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:40 pm

I can't believe this. Runways are so easy to spot. I think those pilots should be Banned from flying for a while and take the time to practice on flight simulator.

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TimH First Officer
Joined: Aug 20, 2006 Posts: 132 Location: Ireland, 31nm from EIDW
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:15 pm

Believe me, in real life they arent as easy to spot as you might think, espcially when it is a city airport and stuck in the middle of the city, with little space around the perimeter of the runway, then it can be tricky to spot

In FS its easier

Still no excuse to land on a taxiiway

newslover Guest
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:34 pm

Runways are not at all easy to spot especially in bad weather... and airfields are very hard to spot!! Only really good pilots are able to fly to an unfamiliar airstrip and find it!!

FS runways are very very very very easy to spot!

I take my hat off for all those bush pilots!

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PH First Officer
Joined: Dec 10, 2004 Posts: 376
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:14 pm

Did well to land on such a narrow "Runway"!

murjax Guest
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:00 am

Oh my gosh, look at this. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/31/plane.crash/index.html[/url] I can't believe this all happend at the same airport on the same day. What on earth is going on here? 😕

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ARD-DC First Officer
Joined: Nov 02, 2004 Posts: 489 Location: Rotterdam Proximity - Holland
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:04 am

➡ http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/31/plane.crash/index.html

and relax, no one was injured Wink

murjax Guest
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:13 am

ARD-DC wrote:

➡ http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/31/plane.crash/index.html

and relax, no one was injured Wink

Thank goodness, but still a bad day for Newark.

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CRJCapt Chief Captain
Joined: Sep 12, 2005 Posts: 3729 Location: Ohio,USA
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:56 pm

I found more information on the 757 that landed on the taxiway at Newark(KEWR). I was a Continental 757 and just as I guessed, it was landing on runway 29 but touched down on taxiway Z. Now to go and try it in the simulator.
➡ http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/02/america/NA_GEN_US_Missed_Runway.php

I landed on taxiway Z but ran out of room, I still don't see how you could miss the runway.

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