The near crash of Air Canada flight 759

<p>On the 7th of July 2017, Air Canada flight 759 lined up to land on the taxiway instead of the runway at San Francisco International Airport, in the process coming just seconds away from causing what might have been one of the worst aviation disasters in history. This article examines the sequence of events that brought flight 759 onto a collision course with four other airplanes, and demonstrates just how close it came to catastrophe. In the process it seeks to answer the question of what could have happened, why it did not, and how this near miss has served as an opportunity to prevent future disasters before they occur.</p> <p><a href="https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/the-near-crash-of-air-canada-flight-759-c61094867d45"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>