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10-20-2009, 06:54 AM

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Now acl,

With a statement like that, you know that EVERYONE is going to be asking you for you to pm them the details. (Just remember, I'm first.)

10-20-2009, 06:59 AM

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While I completely agree 110% not to throw stones, I do find it funny, and a little offensive that some of the same people are the first to throw stones if it is a regional pilot. Personally I dont think the story is true, (because we all know that a major airline pilot with 10s of thousands of hours, a degree, with an ATP holding FO is immune to making a mistake.

) Maybe we will all realize that any of us can make a mistake anytime anywhere, anyday, no matter how experienced we become. Thank God their were no other aircraft on the taxiway....

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10-20-2009, 07:07 AM

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What's with mainline pilots landing on taxiways every year or so. I guess their 1000s of hours and ATP didn't help. Hmmmm...

10-20-2009, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by IrishTiger

Thank you. I support those DAL pilots 150%, and we don't know what happened on board. All I can say is I hope they are doing okay. Delta pilots are the best in the world, and for this to happen means something was way out of whack.

Exactly. Just let the events unfold. Everyone is safe and that is what matters.

10-20-2009, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by BSOuthisplace

What's with mainline pilots landing on taxiways every year or so. I guess their 1000s of hours and ATP didn't help. Hmmmm...

as opposed to landing in a backyard, ravine, short of runway, wrong runway.........

10-20-2009, 07:26 AM

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taxiway landing

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Originally Posted by jsjohnson2

The FAA is investigating why a Delta flight coming in from Rio landed on a taxiway at the Atlanta airport, instead of the runway.The FAA's Kathleen Bergen tells WSB's Bob Coxe Delta Flight #60 from Rio had been cleared to land on runway 27R just after 6 Monday morning.
Instead, it landed on a parallel taxiway:
"Pilots are trained to land on the runway," Bergen says. "Taxiway landing is not appropriate, so we will be investigating it very thoroughly in determining why that happened.
"We did receive a report that there was a medical emergency on board the aircraft when the landing occurred," she says, "but the pilot still is required to follow all proper procedures and land on the runway."
There were no planes on the taxiway, and no one was hurt.
Bergen says the crew had reported a medical emergency on board, but that wouldn't excuse a taxiway landing.
Such landings are rare, but have happened.
"I can't think of any prior occasion in Atlanta," says Bergen. "But we have had patterns of taxiway landings at other airports in the southeast."
One southern airport, in particular, has had its share of taxiway landings.
"We've had a number of these cases occurring at Palm Beach International Airport," she says. "That is causing us to take a look at the airport layout."

Well it's not the main landing runway, but i'm still not sure how this could happen at Delta's main hub.

They used to use that exact taxiway for a temporary runway when they were fixing 27r several years ago. i think this went on for several months. i believe the procedure was fly down the ils for 27r and then sidestep when you broke out.