About that near miss at Philadelphia International Airport…
A pilot who mistaken lined up with a taxiway instead of a runway nearly caused his or her small plane to collide with four passenger jets that were on the taxiway, according to a preliminary report on the incident by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
The Aug. 10, 2018, incident involved a Gulfstream IV airplane with four passengers and three crewmembers aboard that was operated by Pegasus Elite Aviation as a charter flight. The flight was on a visual approach and cleared to land on runway 35 at about 8:50 p.m. on the incident date. During the approach the airplane aligned instead with taxiway E and when about one-tenth of a mile from the end of the taxiway, the pilot initiated a go-around.