Air Canada again Oct 2017

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Air Canada again Oct 2017

Post by Pigeon » Tue Oct 24, 2017 1:28 pm

Federal Aviation Administration officials are investigating an incident at San Francisco International Airport involving an Air Canada plane that appeared to have a radio communication breakdown while landing.

FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said air traffic control cleared Flight 781, an Airbus A320, to land on Runway 28R on Sunday night. The Air Canada crew acknowledged the instruction when they were about six miles away from the airport, Gregor said.

"The tower controller subsequently instructed the Air Canada crew multiple times to execute a go-around because he was not certain that a preceding arrival would be completely clear of the runway before the Air Canada jet reached the runway threshold," Gregor said, adding the crew onboard the plan did not acknowledge any of the controller's instructions.

A supervisor then resorted to using a red light gun to alert the Air Canada flight to go around. Gregor said flashing a light gun is standard protocol when an air crew is not responding to radio instructions.

Source: Air Canada Crew Says Radio Didn't Work During SFO Landing: FAA - NBC Bay Area http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/FA ... z4wQpoqtpn


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Re: Air Canada again Oct 2017

Post by Royal » Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:28 pm

Only AirCan at SFO having this problem? Does your research turn up more stats regarding how many times a light gun is used at airports?

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Post by Pigeon » Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:45 am

I don't think it happening often. This was basically not monitoring the radio frequency (likely) when a situation arose due to a slow aircraft after landing. Had the aircraft not been there it most likely would likely go unnoticed.

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Re: Air Canada again Oct 2017

Post by Royal » Wed Oct 25, 2017 11:27 pm

As a kid, we would listen in on airplane traffic. I think they acknowleged us a few times.

Traffic should be encrypted.

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Re: Air Canada again Oct 2017

Post by Pigeon » Wed May 02, 2018 2:26 pm

Actual Air Canada go around
Air Canada 016 landing on 23 Toronto Pearson YYZ From Hong Kong, had to go around at the last second because an RJ was too slow taking off.

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Re: Air Canada again Oct 2017

Post by Royal » Fri May 04, 2018 4:26 am

I wonder if the Chow Mein gang has something to do with this...

Most likely has to do with those flying carpet folk

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Re: Air Canada again Oct 2017

Post by Pigeon » Sat Jun 30, 2018 8:06 pm

We are Air Canada, we don't go around, even for vehicles on the runway.


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