Serious Incident report A13O0045: Runway incursion, Toronto, Canada, 11 March 2013
Serious Incident report A13O0045: Runway incursion, Toronto, Canada, 11 March 2013
Publication info
Category
Human Factors
Runway Incursion
Date of publication
30/07/2013
On 11 March 2013, at night, a Sunwing Airlines' mechanic left their vehicle on the ramp with the engine running and in 'drive' and, unseen, it began moving towards the adjacent runway threshold, at which point ATC noticed a ground radar target and instructed an Air Canada Embraer 190 which was close to landing in accordance with a valid clearance to go around. The pilots did not hear these instructions and landed directly over the vehicle with approximately 35 feet clearance without seeing it.







