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ATC Stops Saudia 777 From Landing on Closed Runway as Similar Incident Probed
Air traffic controllers at Islamabad International Airport (ISB) prevented a potentially catastrophic runway incident after stopping a Saudi Airlines Boeing 777-300ER moments before it attempted to land on a runway closed for maintenance. The near miss comes as Pakistan and India both investigate separate runway-misalignment incidents involving foreign carriers, raising renewed concerns over pilot situational awareness and adherence to NOTAMs across the region. (airguide.info) More...
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The pilots should be fired. End of story.
Low vis landing attempt, both ILS in the cockpit go off, so the pilots just go ahead and continue the approach?
We're not in Kansas any more, Toto.
How much of this has to do with how the runways are labeled? Islamabad International Airport’s runways are aligned a little off east to west and labeled 28L and 28R which could be assumed by the unfamiliar pilot as R being Right and L being Left. So if approaching from one direction that would work but from the other it would be opposite. Toss in language differences, training deficiencies, pilot experience pilots unfamiliar with the airport… and well your setting up the potential for disaster.
If your assumption was true.. Wouldn't the same pilot also be confused when approaching runway 27 from the opposite direction and seeing it is labeled 09 ?
I suppose it could be confusing for a pilot who cannot tell the difference between R and L !
