SFO Near Miss

[Adrian B]

Reports coming in on an Air Canada flight lined up to land on Taxiway Charlie instead of 28 Right.

Information and Audio from Mercury News with LiveATC Audio (http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/11/sfo-near-miss-air-canada-flight-got-extremely-close-to-planes-on-taxiway/)

[James Smith]

Wow. That was such a close call and UA863 was one of the four aircraft waiting for departure. Thanks for posting the link, Adrian.

[Adrian B]

Link to News.com.au Website (http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/new-data-shows-just-how-close-an-air-canada-plane-was-to-causing-one-of-the-greatest-aviation-disasters-in-history/news-story/19930a6ef5aa501f9bab895a15e9fcbd) shows a very scary photo of how close this was to a major disaster (if true).

[Adrian B]

NTSB link Here (https://ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/DCA17IA148.aspx). Talks about Runway 28L being closed for construction works and that both pilots believed they were t the left of RWY 28L when in fact they were to the right of 28R.