Two Twins
Taking pics at the end of 05 on Saturday. Surprised when these two twins flew the approach and landed within seconds of each other on the same runway. Never seen this before and contacted Airport Watch, a group of Pearson enthusiasts who are credentialed to roam the airport vicinity with minimum hassle - and who have collectively likely see a lot of different things at Pearson. Here's response from Pete at Airport watch:
The ATC Manual of Operations allows for simultaneous landing operations assuming certain conditions are met. In this case, without actually having seen just how close these guys got on the runway, the clause that comes to mind allows a light aircraft to land even if the preceding arrival has not cleared the runway as long as he can see his traffic. I m assuming that both of these guys were light aircraft - they look like a twin Cessna & a Piper Cheyenne.
Thanks Pete.
Labels: Airport Watch, ATC, ATC Manual of Operations, YYZ