Air Canada Flight 759, Where 5 Planes Almost Collided

That night, the weather was calm and clear as the stars twinkled in the sky. However Air Canada Flight 759 Its passengers were unaware of the impending danger as the plane prepared for its landing. The possibility of 5 planes crashing into each other and causing the world’s biggest aviation disaster just seems like a fantasy movie scene, right? However, this disaster was narrowly avoided in 2017.

In this event, which will cause a complete disaster, a critical error results. captain’s maneuver targeting the side runway, a great tragedy was prevented. So what would happen if this error could not be prevented?

Air Canada flight AC759, which took off from Toronto to San Francisco on July 7, 2017, narrowly escaped a disaster.

While the plane was approaching the runway to make a successful landing, it crashed as a result of a wrong move. lined up for the taxiway. Meanwhile, we should not ignore the presence of 4 planes in line for takeoff. The plane, which received landing permission from Air Traffic Control, began to descend slowly. A pilot on the plane heading to Sydney noticed this situation and announced that captain pilot James Kisses had landed on the taxiway.

While Flight 759 was approaching the disaster step by step, it was also detected that it was very close to a plane preparing for takeoff. The 759’s wheels hit the other plane’s tail We are talking about a close proximity of 4.3 meters. Fortunately, the pilot of the plane realized his mistake and performed a maneuver. If he had not made this maneuver, he would have crashed into the aircraft in question and dragged his own body into the ocean. We are not even talking about the danger to the lives of the passengers inside!

“Go-around” The pilot, who successfully performed the maneuver, took off by passing the United 1 plane tangent and narrowly escaped a major disaster. The danger was so close that there was only 4.5 meters between the 759 plane and the United 1 plane preparing for flight. If two planes had crashed into each other, the loss of life would have reached 1000 and it would have been engraved in aviation history as a major disaster. Fortunately, the passengers and crew on board did not suffer serious injuries during the incident.

Following this incident, air traffic control systems and pilot training were reviewed once again.

US Federal Aviation Administration, He evaluated the incident as “extremely rare”. The National Transportation Safety Board released a report analyzing potential causes of the crash. Looking at the report, it was aimed to shed some light on why such an accident occurred. The runway lights were not on because the runway where the plane would land was closed due to construction works.

As the plane approaches landing, just taxiway and the takeoff runway was seen to be illuminated. Therefore, the crew mistakenly believed that the taxiway was the correct runway. Another reason is given as pilot fatigue. It was 12 noon local time when Air Canada Flight 759 arrived to land. That means 3 a.m. Toronto time.

According to US pilot fatigue regulations, this captain It seems that he could not rest for 19 hours and was still allowed to fly under these conditions. Transport Canada changed its pilot fatigue regulations after this averted disaster. All 135 passengers and 5 crew members on the plane were reported to be fine.

This incident was recorded as one of the moments in civil aviation history when a major disaster was avoided cheaply. While the majority of aircraft accidents occur during the landing or take-off phases, this incident is due to the lack of security measures and weather conditions. the critical importance of traffic control he emphasized once again.

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