=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/n/a/2008/06/27/state/n081= 100D56.DTL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, June 27, 2008 (AP) Giant Boeing 777 assigned to wrong LAX taxiway (06-27) 08:11 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) -- A new aircraft designation tag has been blamed for assignment of a giant All Nippon Airways Boeing 777-300 jetliner to a too-short Los Angeles International Airport taxiway. The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday the All Nippon jetliner arriving from Tokyo had a "B77W" data designation tag. The new international designation wasn't recognized by LAX controllers on June 19. FAA spokesman Ian Gregor says it doesn't appear anyone in the Los Angeles tower knew what the new B77W data tag meant. Gregor says the pilot was directed to a taxiway that was too short to handle the massive aircraft, causing part of the plane to protrude five feet into the 205-foot safety zone around one of the northern runways. An American Airlines MD-83 aircraft then landed on the north airfield and rolled past the All Nippon Airways plane. Gregor says it's considered to be a runway incursion even though there w= as no chance that jetliners would have collided. -----------------------------= ----------------------------------------- Copyright 2008 AP <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE".