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FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2107 file photo, the air traffic control tower is in sight as a plane takes off from San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. Aviation-safety officials say a close call last year highlights the need for faster reporting of dangerous incidents before evidence is lost. The National Transportation Safety Board issued a final report Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 on the July 2017 close call in which an Air Canada jet nearly crashed into planes lined up on the ground at San Francisco International Airport. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Safety officials want faster reporting of aviation incidents

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

The air traffic control tower is in sight as a plane takes off from San Francisco International Airport, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, in San Francisco. The Federal Aviation Authority is investigating why an Air Canada plane ignored repeated orders by an air traffic controller at the airport to abort a landing on Sunday, Oct. 22. The incident comes three months after another Air Canada plane nearly landed on a crowded taxiway at the airport. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Another Air Canada jet safety issue at San Francisco airport

By JOCELYN GECKER and DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 11, 2017, file photo, vehicles wait outside the international terminal at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. The Federal Aviation Authority is investigating why an Air Canada plane ignored repeated orders by an air traffic controller at San Francisco International Airport to abort a landing on Sunday, Oct. 22. The incident comes three months after another Air Canada plane nearly landed on a crowded taxiway at the airport. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

The Latest: Expert: It’s rare for pilots to miss tower calls

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FILE - In this Tuesday, July 11, 2017, file photo, vehicles wait outside the international terminal at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. The Federal Aviation Authority is investigating why an Air Canada plane ignored repeated orders by an air traffic controller at San Francisco International Airport to abort a landing on Sunday, Oct. 22. The incident comes three months after another Air Canada plane nearly landed on a crowded taxiway at the airport. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

US probes 2nd Air Canada jet safety event in San Francisco

By JOCELYN GECKER and DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

FILE - This composite of file images released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows Air Canada flight 759 (ACA 759) attempting to land at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco on July 7, 2017. At top is a map of the runway created from Harris Symphony OpsVue radar track data analysis. At center is from a transmission to air traffic control from a United Airlines airplane on the taxiway. The bottom image, taken from San Francisco International Airport video and annotated by source, shows the Air Canada plane flying just above a United Airlines flight waiting on the taxiway. Federal officials are imposing new rules on nighttime landings at San Francisco airport after a close call. The FAA will also require 2 controllers in the tower. (NTSB via AP, File)

FAA changes San Francisco landing rules after close call

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

Airline: 2 planes clip wings at Toronto airport, no injuries

Associated Press

This composite of images released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows Air Canada flight 759 (ACA 759) attempting to land at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco on July 7, bottom. At top is a map of the runway created from Harris Symphony OpsVue radar track data analysis. At center is from a transmission to air traffic control from a United Airlines airplane on the taxiway. The bottom image was taken from San Francisco International Airport video and annotated by source. (NTSB via AP)

Data: Jet as low as 59 feet in near miss at SF airport

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

This composite of images released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows Air Canada flight 759 (ACA 759) attempting to land at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco on July 7, bottom. At top is a map of the runway created from Harris Symphony OpsVue radar track data analysis. At center is from a transmission to air traffic control from a United Airlines airplane on the taxiway. The bottom image was taken from San Francisco International Airport video and annotated by source. (NTSB via AP)

New data show how close jets came to crashing at SF airport

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

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Investigators talk to plane’s captain in taxiway close call

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Departing and parked aircraft intersect at San Francisco International Airport, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, in San Francisco. An Air Canada Airbus A320 was cleared to land on one of the runways at the San Francisco airport just before midnight on Friday, July 7, when the pilot &quot;inadvertently&quot; lined up with the taxiway, which runs parallel to the runway. There were other aircraft lined up on the taxiway waiting for departure when the incident occurred. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Lighting should have alerted pilots of potential disaster

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, May 20, 2017, file photo, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones speaks during the California Democratic Party Convention in Sacramento, Calif. Jones on Wednesday, July 12, said that he was a passenger on an Air Canada jet that nearly landed on a taxiway where four other planes were sitting rather than the designated runway at San Francisco International Airport. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Plane passenger: Pilot didn’t tell fliers of near-calamity

By KRISTIN J. BENDER - Associated Press