Originally Posted by
xjtguy
As far as landing on a taxi way goes, it was pure luck that "saved the day" as you put it. Sure as heck wasn't a crewmember backing the other one up, verifying, crosschecking, etc. Despite all their qualifications and experience.
You should note that when the FAA re-enacted the DAL 767 ATL taxiway incident, they too lined up with the taxiway and not the unlit runway.