NTSB Advises On Expectation Bias And New Avionics

Air Canada Flight 759 came within a few feet of landing atop several airliners awaiting takeoff on KSFO’s Taxiway C. The crew mistook the taxiway for the active runway during the night VMC arrival partially because their sight picture on short final matched what they expected to see — lighted...

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