Preliminary Report Released In July 7 Incident

The NTSB has released a preliminary report from an incident which saw an Air Canada A320 come within 100 feet of touching down on a taxiway on which several aircraft were lined up waiting for takeoff July 7.

According to the report, Air Canada flight 759, an Airbus A320, CFKCK, was cleared to land on runway 28R at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), San Francisco, California, but instead lined up on parallel taxiway C, which had four air carrier airplanes on it awaiting takeoff clearance (a Boeing 787 that was first in line followed by an Airbus A340, another Boeing 787, and a Boeing 737).

The flight descended below 100 feet above the ground and initiated a go-around after overflying the first airplane on the taxiway.

The flight was operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 129 as an international scheduled passenger flight from Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport, (YYZ), Toronto, Canada. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident.

The Washington Post reports that Air Canada released a statement saying that the flight landed "without incident" following a missed approach and go-around. It would not make any further statement citing its ongoing internal investigation.

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FMI: www.ntsb.gov