Harrison Ford landed his single engine plane on the taxiway at John Wayne Airport in Orange County last month, buzzing an American Airlines 737 also on the taxiway on his way down.
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Ford accidentally landed on a taxiway, mistaking it for a runway.
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Landing on a taxiway is a violation of federal safety rules.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY "Yeah, hi, it's ... the schmuck that landed on the taxiway" Actor (and pilot) Harrison Ford to air traffic controllers, after he mistakenly landed his small plane on a taxiway at a California airport.
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Harrison informed the tower, "I'm the schmuck who landed on the taxiway."
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There were four aircraft lined up on Taxiway C at the time.
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Landing on a taxiway is a violation of Federal Aviation Administration safety rules.
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The United flight from Beijing to Newark was on the taxiway after landing.
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By the way, the taxiway is unmarked, in sharp contrast to the runway.
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Harrison Ford will not be disciplined by the FAA for his taxiway landing.
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The Air Canada flight was instead headed for taxiway C, parallel to 28R.
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Customers exited the aircraft on the taxiway and were bused to the terminal safely.
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She's not worried about the taxiway landing ... she says Ford's a Gold Star customer.
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Spokane airport is closed after an airplane slid off a taxiway early Tuesday morning.
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It's unclear whether the paved area is used as a taxiway, runway or road.
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Several areas of the airport, including the runway and taxiway, remain submerged in water.
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It crossed a grassy area then a taxiway and ran into the de-icing facility.
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Passenger Lo Toney said the plane caught fire on the taxiway and never took off.
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Ford mistakenly landed on a taxiway at John Wayne Airport in Orange County on Feb.
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Ford was supposed to have landed on a runway that runs parallel to the taxiway.
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But for the airliner, the taxiway and runway are both wide-open and apparently unmistakable.
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Honest mix-up or not, landing on a taxiway is a violation of FAA rules.
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Notably, a new "U" shaped taxiway, vehicle roadway and most interestingly, a large aircraft hangar.
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He correctly read back the instructions but landed instead on a taxiway parallel to the runway.
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It crossed a grassy area, then a taxiway, and ran into the de-icing facility, Homendy said.
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At the time of the incident, four planes were sitting on the taxiway waiting to take off.
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"In preparation for departure, the nosegear of Delta flight 1114 exited the taxiway," a Delta spokesperson said.
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In 2016, runway and taxiway excursions accounted for about a fifth of total accidents involving commercial aircraft.
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"I'm the schmuck who landed on the taxiway," Ford told an air traffic controller shortly after the landing.
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Images on local television showed two airliners at the end of taxiway with emergency vehicles at the scene.
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United Airlines Flight 1579, a Boeing 757, was on a taxiway bound for San Francisco at about 9 p.m.
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The eyewitness account differs from the story that's being told that Ford simply mistook the taxiway for the runway.
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As we reported, Ford flew over an American Airlines Boeing 737 that was on the taxiway before touching down.
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A Delta Air Lines aircraft slid off an icy taxiway Friday morning with its front wheel impacting the grass.
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Using the edge of a wing, Mr. Corenswet helped push the plane onto a taxiway and then clambered aboard.
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He was stopped from running onto the active taxiway by airport workers, then taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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Definition: According to Smith, the apron is pretty much any expanse of pavement that's not a taxiway or a runway.
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Satellite imagery shows that the airport has grown significantly since February to include a new taxiway, walls and security posts.
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The FAA said in a statement that the plane remained on the taxiway and would be towed to the gate.
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TV Tokyo showed footage of the stranded aircraft with one set of wheels on snow-covered ground next to the taxiway.
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Harrison Ford's taxiway landing last Monday was caught on video, and it promises to be the centerpiece of the FAA investigation.
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"In preparation for departure, the nosegear of Delta flight 1114 exited the taxiway," Delta spokeswoman Martha Whitt said in a statement.
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Ford was on final approach at John Wayne Airport in Orange County Monday when he mistook a taxiway for the runway.
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He flew his single engine Aviat Husky over an American Airlines 737 loaded with passengers and then landed on the taxiway.
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TMZ has confirmed ... Ford landed on a taxiway Monday at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, thinking it was the proper runway.
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Harrison, an experienced pilot, mistakenly aimed for the taxiway instead of landing on the runway at John Wayne Airport in Orange County.
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United Flight 812, bound for Denver, slid off the south end of the holding area of Taxiway A at about 6 a.m.
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A Southwest Airlines plane nearly slid off a taxiway before departure at Baltimore-Washington International airport on Wednesday morning, the airline said.
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Harrison Ford is under federal investigation for landing his private plane on a taxiway and coming too close to a passenger jet.
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Harrison Ford is under the FAA microscope after landing on a taxiway, and the 'Cash Me Ousside' girl has landed hard in Hollywood.
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London's Gatwick Airport has unveiled a growth strategy which includes a controversial plan to use an existing taxiway as a permanent second runway.
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But instead, the pilot of flight AC759 inadvertently lined up to land on a parallel taxiway where four planes were waiting to depart.
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But instead, the pilot of Flight AC759 inadvertently lined up to land on a parallel taxiway where four planes were waiting to depart.
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The weather conditions were partly cloudy at the time 74-year-old Ford landed, but he could definitely see the runway and taxiway.
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Two other aircraft, another United Boeing 22006 and a 22015-900ER were also on the taxiway as the Air Canada jet climbed away.
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Delta Flight 1114 was taxiing from the airport terminal when its nose wheel dropped off the taxiway pavement, according to spokesman Joe McBride.
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According to the NTSB, the pilots told investigators that they didn't see planes on the taxiway, but that something did not look right.
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At Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport, Southwest Airlines Flight 906 slid sideways on the taxiway while preparing for departure about 10 a.m.
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But when Ford instead maneuvered toward a taxiway, his plane flew dangerously close to an American Airlines departing flight with 116 passengers on board.
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In 2000 an Air Canada jet carrying 22004 people misunderstood the controllers' instructions and nearly landed on a taxiway where four aircraft were parked.
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Harrison Ford is back behind the cockpit just days after flying over an airliner and mistakenly landing in a taxiway instead of the runway.
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It shows Ford's approach which came dangerously close to an American Airlines 737, which was on the taxiway when the actor's plane passed overhead.
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Instead, it inadvertently lined up for Taxiway C, which runs parallel to the runway, the Federal Aviation Administration told Business Insider in an email.
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The crew was seconds from landing their Airbus A320 jet on a taxiway where other planes loaded with passengers were waiting to take off.
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Pictures and video posted to social media showed heavy skid marks where the front of the plane slid to the edge of the taxiway.
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No shocker he's being such a good sport about it -- remember, Harrison called himself the "schmuck" who landed on a taxiway at John Wayne Airport.
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A few minutes after Trump sent out his tweet about the budget deal, Pelosi got off the phone as the plane entered an active taxiway.
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Just 3 days ago Harrison either misjudged the runway or was completely out of position when he landed on the taxiway at John Wayne Airport.
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The airport has three runways — right now, it's storing grounded planes on the taxiway next to runway 04L/22R, toward the left of the image.
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In February, Ford inadvertently landed on an active taxiway instead of the parallel runway he was cleared for at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California.
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"The pilot then landed on a taxiway that runs parallel to the runway, overflying a Boeing 737 that was holding short of the runway," Gregor said.
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TMZ broke the story of a recorded conversation between Harrison and the tower at John Wayne International Airport after the actor mistakenly landed on the taxiway.
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Harrison Ford will not face any penalties over mistakenly landing on a taxiway at a Southern California airport earlier this year, the actor's attorney said Monday.
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"Yeah, hi, it's Husky Eight-Niner Hotel Uniform (call sign) and the schmuck that landed on the taxiway," Ford is heard saying on the FAA audio recording.
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Southwest flight 4182, a Boeing 737, and Frontier flight 756, an Airbus A320, clipped wing tips on a taxiway at Sky Harbor International Airport around 8 p.m.
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Harrison Ford was seen driving to the airport on Wednesday after flying over an airliner and mistakenly landing in a taxiway instead of the runway on Monday.
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But when he instead maneuvered toward a taxiway, his plane flew over an American Airlines departing flight with 110 passengers on board and a six-person crew.
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Just 18 minutes after the transmission, the licensed pilot of many years accidentally maneuvered toward a taxiway rather than the runway he was cleared to land on.
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A Delta Air Lines aircraft at Kansas City International Airport early Friday morning slid off of a taxiway as it was preparing for departure, the company said.
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"When we learned of a passenger airliner almost touching down on a taxiway occupied by four other airliners, we elected to launch a full investigation," DeLisi said.
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"Sliding into vacation the wrong way," Instagram user Josh@cherrimanj wrote on a picture showing the plane's nose pointed to a grassy area out of taxiway lines.
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The incoming craft, which had mistaken the taxiway for a runway, pulled out of the landing at about 400 feet and narrowly missed the aircraft on the ground.
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But when the actor instead maneuvered toward a taxiway, his plane flew over an American Airlines departing flight with 110 passengers on board and a six-person crew.
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The right wing of Flight 642, which had arrived from from Mexico City, struck the utility truck, causing the truck to overturn near a taxiway, the statement said.
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The newest generation of aircraft now include moving airport maps on their displays to alert the pilot of the aircraft's position relative to a runway or a taxiway.
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A little too close for comfort Newly released video shows an Air Canada flight barely missing a passenger jet on the taxiway as the pilot attempted to land.
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"The aircraft was on a taxiway when it hit some slippery conditions that caused the nose wheel to flip off," Karen May, spokesperson for United Airlines told Mashable.
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According to NBC News, the 74-year-old had been properly told to land on runway 20-L at John Wayne Airport, but mistakenly aimed for a taxiway.
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The state's busiest airport, Cochin International Airport, closed since Friday as the taxiway was water-logged, will resume operations from 0630 GMT on Sunday, the airport management said.
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Now that Airbus has shown that the camera recognition technology can recognize the centerline of a runway, the next step would be recognizing the centerline of a taxiway.
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The Boeing 737, which was bound for Montego Bay, Jamaica, "traveled to the edge, but did not exit, the taxiway prior to departure," Southwest said in a statement.
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At Buffalo Niagara International Airport, a Delta Air Lines plane flying in from La Guardia Airport slid off the taxiway because of ice, according to local news reports.
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Ford, 74, reportedly flew dangerously close to a taxiing passenger plane after mistakenly landing in a taxiway instead of the runway he was cleared for, according to NBC News.
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The second airliner on the taxiway -- a Philippine Airlines Airbus 247 -- had switched on its landing lights, apparently to make itself visible to the inbound jet, the NTSB said.
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"The plane was on the taxiway when it seems like it may have hit some icy conditions that caused the nose wheels to slip ... Everyone is safe," May said.
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ON JULY 7th disaster was narrowly averted when an Air Canada passenger plane, trying to land on a full taxiway at San Francisco airport, pulled up just in time.
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The key would be to identify which centerlines apply to which taxiway and collision avoidance with other aircraft, as well as navigating tight spaces such as a parking stand.
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Timothy Haines, who flew into Orlando from Michigan, told CNN affiliate WKMG that his Southwest Airlines flight was held on an apron or taxiway for more than 90 minutes.
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In a statement, Delta said the jet had just landed and was turning from the runway onto the taxiway when It "left the pavement" and swerved onto the snowy grass.
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Last August only a last-minute intervention stopped an Air Canada aeroplane from landing on top of four planes that were lined up on a taxiway at San Francisco's airport.
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The veteran actor on February 13 landed his plane on the taxiway of a Santa Ana airport, flying directly over an American Airlines Boeing 737 commercial jet, federal officials said.
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Harrison Ford should have been forced to re-prove himself as a pilot ... according to some FAA investigators who feel the actor got off too easy for his taxiway landing.
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JetBlue Flight 1623 was lined up on the taxiway at the airport waiting to depart when it "experienced a radio equipment problem," the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
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The safety board recommended the development of technology to warn pilots and air traffic controllers when a landing plane appears to be aimed at a taxiway instead of a runway.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japan Airlines jet carrying 201 passengers and crew skidded off an icy taxiway after landing at Tokyo's Narita airport on Friday, forcing the temporary closure of one runway.
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Ford, 74, came under investigation after he mistakenly flew his single-engine private plane over an American Airlines passenger jet and landed on a taxiway, rather than a runway, on Feb.
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As it approached San Francisco International Airport to land on July 7, Air Canada Flight 759 mistakenly lined up with a taxiway where four planes were waiting, instead of a runway.
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The crew of SkyWest Flight 5869 immediately called for airport emergency vehicles to meet the aircraft, which was safely evacuated on the taxiway through the main cabin door, according to Snow.
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Our flight plan drew us out to the south, directly over swamps and marshes that are alarmingly close to our urban airport—which had an entire taxiway closed to accommodate evacuees.
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For example, the flooding of a taxiway could force pilots to take longer taxi routes from terminals to runways, causing delays at one airport that ripple across many others, he said.
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At Buffalo-Niagara International Airport in New York, ice caused a Delta-owned Endeavor Air flight from LaGuardia to skid off the taxiway on arrival on Sunday morning, airport officials said.
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Ford, an experienced pilot who collects vintage planes, had been instructed to land on runway 20-L at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California but mistakenly aimed for a taxiway instead.
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In 2009, a Delta Air Lines flight landed on a taxiway in Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and in 2015 an Alaska Airlines jet landed on one at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
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In 2009, a Delta Air Lines flight landed on a taxiway in Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, and in 2015 an Alaska Airlines jet landed on one at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
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The board said the Air Canada crew mistook the taxiway for a runway because they didn't adequately review a warning to all pilots about one of the runways being closed for construction.
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Only a week ago, there was a minor collision on the JFK taxiway when an EgyptAir plane clipped the wing on a Virgin Atlantic plane that was about to take off to London.
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Air Canada Flight 759 had been cleared to land on runway 103L but instead mistakenly lined up for the parallel taxiway C, which was occupied by four airliners awaiting clearance to take off.
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On Friday night, the Federal Aviation Administration halted all flights in and out of Chicago's O'Hare Airport for several hours, and a plane slid off an icy taxiway at Kansas City International Airport.
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Despite visual cues such as different lighting on taxiways, they aimed their jet to land to the right of 28R, on a parallel taxiway where the other planes were waiting to take off.
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A plane carrying Irish voters trying to return home to vote in the abortion referendum has collided with another plane on a taxiway at a London-area airport, delaying passengers but causing no injuries.
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Ford is currently under investigation by the FAA after he mistakenly landed on a taxiway instead of the runway he was cleared for at the John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, on Monday.
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In the February 13 incident Ford flew his single-engine Aviat Husky over an American Airlines Boeing 737 jet in Santa Ana, California, before landing on the taxiway that runs parallel to the runway.
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In the nighttime video, the Air Canada plane appears to be on a collision course with aircraft that were waiting on the taxiway, when air traffic controllers urgently demanded the pilots abort the landing.
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In the video, posted by Andrea Blanford, a reporter for ABC11 in Raleigh, North Carolina, the plane can be seen taxiing and appears to slide along the taxiway after turning off of the runway.
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Since then, the facility has been extended to include a larger paved taxiway and a clamshell tent connected to the airstrip — all features that are consistent with the deployment of small aircraft, possibly drones.
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A man in the terminal who took a picture of the landing told us Ford had misjudged the runway and banked sharply before landing on the taxiway, but that is not reflected in this video.
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Air Canada Flight 759, a 146-seat Airbus A320, was cleared to land on Runway 28R, but the pilot "inadvertently" lined up for Taxiway C, which runs parallel to the runway, according to the FAA.
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The audio above is Ford on his cellphone with the tower immediately after he lands on the taxiway and the audio below is the radio communication between Ford and the Tower during his plane landing.
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This is a photo of Harrison Ford landing on the taxiway Monday at John Wayne Airport ... and the person who took the pic says the actor was totally out of position seconds before he touched down.
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Companies like Honeywell Aerospace have also developed systems to advise pilots on the ground and in the air if they're approaching a taxiway or a runway, but such equipment is an optional feature on many aircraft.
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Ford's attorney, Stephen Hofer, just released the conclusions of the FAA's investigation into the February mishap at John Wayne Airport in Orange County ... where Ford buzzed an American Airlines 737 and then landed on the taxiway.
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Friday at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Austin, as two light-utility Lakota helicopters carrying a total of four service members lifted off from the taxiway and flew south past a fading sun. Brig. Gen.
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A Delta Connection flight from New York slid off a taxiway following an "uneventful landing" Sunday morning in Buffalo, according to USA Today, which also reported that none of the 1.483 passengers on board were injured.
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According to an audio recording of the incident, a United Airlines pilot is heard saying that the Air Canada plane "flew directly over us," alerting the air traffic controller that the plane was headed toward the taxiway.
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Ford was in risk of disciplinary action from the Federal Aviation Administration after he mistakenly landed his single-engine plane on a taxiway instead of a runway, but the FAA concluded its investigation without leveling any sanctions.
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Then Ford's yellow, single-engine Aviat Husky suddenly zooms in from the right of the frame, flying low over the airliner and casting its shadow down the middle of the bigger plane before landing on the taxiway.
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The second airliner on the taxiway -- a Philippine Airlines Airbus A340 -- reportedly turned on its landing lights, sensing something wasn't right and hoping to make itself visible to the incoming Air Canada airliner, according to the NTSB.
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The veteran actor was flying a small plane that mistakenly landed on a taxiway of a Santa Ana airport, flying directly over a waiting American Airlines Boeing 737 commercial jet that had 116 people aboard, federal officials said.
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The Air Canada plane was estimated to have flown over the planes on the taxiway by as little as 100 feet (30 meters), according to a preliminary summary published on Tuesday by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
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Pilot and father Nathan Enders, 123, his wife Laura, 42, and their two sons Jaden, 7, and Eli, 5, all perished after Nathan's 1948 Cessna 170 crashed on the city-owned, public-use airport's taxiway on Saturday afternoon.
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NTSB data revealed that as the Air Canada plane overflew the first waiting aircraft on the taxiway -- a United Airlines Boeing 787 -- the crew applied full power to the engines to initiate a go-around and abort its landing.
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MONTREAL (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is investigating how an Air Canada pilot lined up to land last week on a taxiway at San Francisco International Airport where four planes were waiting to depart, the agency said on Tuesday.
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Last Monday, Ford inadvertently landed on an active taxiway instead of the parallel runway he was cleared at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, coming extremely close to an American Airlines flight with 116 people on board awaiting takeoff.
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MONTREAL, July 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is investigating how an Air Canada pilot lined up to land last week on a San Francisco International Airport taxiway where four planes were waiting to depart, the agency said on Tuesday.
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A spokesperson for the airline confirmed that the aircraft was getting ready for a flight to Detroit and taxiing to an area where de-icing fluid would be applied when its front wheel slid into the grass adjacent to the taxiway.
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A potentially "catastrophic" incident involving an Air Canada passenger jet that overflew other aircraft at close range on a San Francisco International Airport taxiway was the result of crew errors, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Tuesday.
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Ford, 74, inadvertently landed on an active taxiway instead of the parallel runway he was cleared for last Monday at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, coming extremely close to an American Airlines flight with 116 people on board awaiting takeoff.
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The Star Wars actor will not be fined, nor will he lose his pilot's license after he mistakenly flew over a jetliner before landing his plane on an airport taxiway on February 13, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed in a statement Monday.
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Harrison Ford is heard calling himself a "schmuck" in an audio recording released on Friday of his exchange with an air traffic controller following a February incident in which the actor landed his private plane on a taxiway instead of a runway.
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The company's new regional jet that can sit up to 90 people, Japan's first new airliner since the 1960s, flew in public for the first time (although a second sortie had to be cancelled when it was hit by a truck on the taxiway).
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A spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to PEOPLE that an incident took place Monday involving an Aviat Husky aircraft that landed "on a taxiway that runs parallel to the runway," though the agency did not identify the people involved due to policy.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Harrison Ford is heard calling himself a "schmuck" in an audio recording released on Friday of his exchange with an air traffic controller following a February incident in which the actor landed his private plane on a taxiway instead of a runway.
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The actor was alone and at the controls of his Aviat Husky on a landing approach when he errantly flew over a Boeing 737 preparing for takeoff with 116 passengers and crew aboard, then landed his plane on a taxiway parallel to the runway assigned him.
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This is the same runway from which the 74-year-old actor took off in 2 prior mishaps ... one where he crash-landed his vintage plane on a golf course after engine failure, and another when he landed at the John Wayne Airport on a taxiway instead of the runway.
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Harrison Ford is heard making mistakes during radio communication with air traffic control in the minutes leading up to his close call at a California airport earlier this week, when he nearly crashed into a passenger plane after erroneously landing in a taxiway instead of the runway he was cleared to use.
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The Air Canada plane was estimated to have overflown the first two jets on the taxiway by as little as 100 feet, and the third by 200 feet and the fourth by 300 feet as it was climbing, according to CNN partner CTV, citing a preliminary report from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
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Nearly two years after surviving a hard crash-landing of his single-engine 1942 Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR at the airport in Santa Monica, the actor formerly known as Han Solo accidentally flew directly over a loaded commercial jetliner in Orange County, California, when he mistakenly landed on a taxiway instead of a runway, according to NBC News.
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Before they leave the factory, each car is outfitted with used wheels (so there's no chance of damage before delivery) and go on a 200 mile test drive, first on French mountain roads to work the brakes and ensure the suspension is working, and then to the airport in Colmar, France where a Bugatti test driver takes each car over 186 mph on the taxiway — during pauses in airplane traffic, naturally.
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Before they leave the factory, each car is outfitted with used wheels (so there's no chance of damage before delivery) and go on a 200-mile test drive, first on French mountain roads to work the brakes and ensure the suspension is working, and then to the airport in Colmar, France where a Bugatti test driver takes each car over 186 mph on the taxiway — during pauses in airplane traffic, naturally.
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