Matt Molnar
2009-12-29, 04:10 PM
The NTSB has published a preliminary incident report regarding the Delta 767 from Rio de Janeiro which landed on a taxiway at Atlanta Hartsfield Intl. Airport on Oct. 19th. The report cites a number of unusual circumstances which preceded the error, in which luckily, no one was injured.
+ A check airman became sick enroute and was relocated to the main cabin.
+ A medical emergency was declared to ATC via Delta dispatchers.
+ Runway 27L was being used for arrivals that morning, but ATC offered the crew use of 27R via a sidestep approach, to put them closer to the terminal in order to expedite aid to the sick check airman.
+ Because it was not the baseline approach runway at the time, 27R's ILS and approach lights were not operating.
http://www.ntsb.gov/NTSB/brief.asp?ev_i ... 5636&key=1 (http://www.ntsb.gov/NTSB/brief.asp?ev_id=20091020X05636&key=1)
+ A check airman became sick enroute and was relocated to the main cabin.
+ A medical emergency was declared to ATC via Delta dispatchers.
+ Runway 27L was being used for arrivals that morning, but ATC offered the crew use of 27R via a sidestep approach, to put them closer to the terminal in order to expedite aid to the sick check airman.
+ Because it was not the baseline approach runway at the time, 27R's ILS and approach lights were not operating.
http://www.ntsb.gov/NTSB/brief.asp?ev_i ... 5636&key=1 (http://www.ntsb.gov/NTSB/brief.asp?ev_id=20091020X05636&key=1)