SAN FRANCISCO, United States — The pilot of an Air Canada plane carrying 140 passengers made a last-minute maneuver to avoid landing on a taxiway at San Francisco International Airport where four passenger jets were lined up to take off. He’s on the taxiway.”The controller orders the Air Canada jet to “go around,” and the pilot acknowledges the command. The San Francisco incident, which Air Canada says it too is examining, was first reported Monday by the Bay Area News Group. Investigators will be able to determine the Air Canada plane’s altitude and exact location using the flight-data recorder. Chris Manno, an American Airlines pilot for 32 years who regularly lands in San Francisco, agreed that a crash was unlikely even without a command to go around.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 12, 2017 00:33 UTC