On 15 October 2022 an airport authority vehicle entered an active runway without clearance with a Boeing 737-8 on short final, which was instructed to go around and did so. The experienced driver involved had correctly read back a clearance to remain at the holding point but did not stop. It was found that the visual cues available from airport signage were not adequately salient in this situation, which was contributory. Drivers were found to have routinely crossed active runways to save time instead of using the available perimeter road as per airport authority directives.
Description
On 15 October 2022, a Boeing 737-8 (C-GEOJ) operated by Air Canada on a scheduled passenger flight from Edmonton to Toronto as ACA174 was on final approach to runway 15R at destination in night visual meteorological conditions (VMC). The aircraft was instructed to go around when at approximately 200 feet agl because Air Traffic Control (ATC) had observed an airport authority maintenance vehicle, the first of two, entering the runway just beyond its threshold. The aircraft promptly commenced the go-around and remained above 150 feet agl whilst doing so.
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