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Originally Posted by Titan
At what point would they be able to visually see the planes on their intended landing runway? They were all the way up the taxiway. With lights and everything. Maybe I don't appreciate the view from the cockpit. Can they see? They must be able to.
this is just amazing to me.
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There is really no good reason for them not to see the airplanes on the taxiway. In fact they apparently did and questioned tower, but then quite inexplicably continued the approach.
As far as the view, I will say that at times it can look like a sea of lights on the ground. There are a bunch of white, blue, yellow and green lights, and the lights on the aircraft may not particularly stand out. As well, often planes will turn off their taxi lights while holding short, in order not to distract the approaching A/C.
Not to defend the actions of the crew, just to try to give some insight into some ways that the crew may have missed things.