Probe into latest near-miss at San Francisco airport
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating yet another near miss at San Francisco Airport.
In the latest incident, an Aeromexico jet was prevented at the last minute from landing on the wrong runway.
Flight 668 had lined up in error on a runway where a Virgin America jet was about to take off. The Aeromexico jet was about a mile out when SFO air traffic ordered it to abort and fly around. It landed without incident at the second attempt.
The pilot was using the aircraft’s instrument landing system during low visibility, the FAA said.
"Aeromexico was lined up for the wrong runway. We’re looking into why that happened," FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said.
There have been multiple similar incidents since the summer, notably a near-miss involving an inbound Air Canada flight, which was reportedly just minutes away from disaster. That case prompted changes to air traffic control tower staffing at night and special updated procedures for pilots for night-time arrivals.
In the fiscal year 2017, the Federal Aviation Administration said there were more than 1,700 such incidents nationwide, which are termed as ‘runway incursions.’
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