Regulations and Government
NTSB Seeks Runway Alert Equipment on All Aircraft
In his first board meeting, Bruce Landsberg tried to limit a finding on runway positioning equipment to large aircraft, but met objections.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is calling on the FAA to require installation of alert systems on all aircraft that would warn pilots flying into primary airports that their aircraft are not lined up with a runway surface or the intended runway. The recommendation stemmed from the July 7, 2017 incident in which an Air Canada A320 lined up on a parallel taxiway while on approach into San Francisco. The crew initiated a go-around but had come within 100 feet of one aircraft lined up on the taxiway and 60 feet of another.


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