FAA examining why jet missed runway at Newark Liberty

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FAA examining why jet missed runway at Newark Liberty=0APosted by the Asbur=
y Park Press on 10/31/06=0AASSOCIATED PRESS=0ANEWARK =97 Federal authoritie=
s are investigating why an airliner landed on a taxiway instead of an adjac=
ent runway at Newark Liberty International Airport.=0A=0ANone of the 157 pa=
ssengers and six crew members were injured whenContintental =0AFlight 1883 =
from Orlando, Fla., landed at 6:31 p.m. Saturday.=0A=0AThe Boeing 757-200 s=
hould have landed on Runway 29, the shortest of the airport's three runways=
, but instead touched down on Taxiway Z, which is parallel to the runway, s=
aid Jim Peters, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.=0A=0AT=
he FAA is "investigating it as a (possible) pilot deviation" from proper sa=
fety procedures, Peters said.=0A=0AThe FAA had not interviewed the pilot an=
d co-pilot as of Monday, but Continental said they have been grounded.=0A=
=0A"The pilots have been temporarily removed from flying duties and are ass=
isting the company in analyzing the incident," Continental spokeswoman Mary=
 Clark said.=0A=0ARuss Halleran, president of the National Air Traffic Cont=
rollers Association local at the airport, said runways and taxiways use dif=
ferent color lights, and that taxiways sometimes have planes, vehicles or p=
ersonnel on them.

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