Lights-Out Error Instigated Southwest Accident
Credit: National Transportartion Safety Board
WASHINGTON—Taxiway lights inadvertently turned off by an air traffic controller were a key factor in a December 2015 excursion of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 at the Nashville International Airport. The pilots, partially blinded by terminal lights and without the guidance of taxiway...
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