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EHM-1749 Hector:
Delta 767 Lands On Taxiway
 
A couple of Delta Airlines pilots have been suspended after the Boeing 767 they were flying from Rio de Janeiro landed on a taxiway at Atlanta Hartsfield Airport early Monday morning. The FAA reported there were no other aircraft on the taxiway and the landing and rollout were normal. Spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the crew was dealing with a medical emergency on board and had been cleared for Runway 27R.



Instead, the crew landed on taxiway M, which runs parallel to the 12,000-foot runway. There was no indication that approach, runway or taxiway lights were malfunctioning. Taxiway landings occur from time to time, but Bergen told Atlanta media that she believes it was the first such incident in Atlanta.

EHM-1465 Dominic:
Oops !!

Difficult to know how much was going on in the cockpit if there was a medical emergency until a full incident report comes out but that's a lucky escape for all on board  :o

EHM-0654 Murray:
The fact that nothing was on M is probably partly to "blame" in the crews mind. If there had been traffic on M it would have been obvious to them that it was a taxiway and not a runway... why the automated systems didn't notice lord only knows. But like Dom says, need to wait for the incident report to know for sure.

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