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And runway interactions—ie. landings, takeoffs and taxiing—represent over one-third of accidents. “With near-misses on the rise, we need to act now to ensure that those incidents do not turn into accidents and that our aviation system remains the safest in the world,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeSaulnier said he spent two years meeting with aviation experts, like Sullenberger, pilots unions, air traffic controllers, ground safety crews, and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in order to review what went wrong two years ago and to identify room for improvement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill proposes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>requiring the FAA to implement systems to automatically alert pilots and air traffic controllers if a plane is not properly lined up to land on the right runway.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>having the FAA gather data on which airlines require pilots to use electronic guidance systems as back-ups to visual approaches, and issue industry-wide guidance on best practices. 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Currently, workers pay an average monthly premium of $800 for family coverage, it said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unite Here leaders believe the action against Marriott gives them leverage in their dealings with food contractors hired by Delta, American and United Airlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our members are willing to strike,” said Rachel Gumpert, Unite Here’s national press secretary. “The courage of the Marriott strikers continues to embolden and inspire the workers who are taking strike votes in 21 cities against the airlines in the next few weeks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The workers, who are represented by the union’s Local 2 unit, are employed by Sky Chefs and Gate Gourmet, which provide food and beverages to airline passengers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are people who are making poverty wages,” Gumpert said. “They are workers who are working multiple jobs, who are working sometimes more than 100 hours a week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The median wage for catering employees at SFO is $18.66 an hour, according to Unite Here. \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/minimum-compensation-ordinance-mco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minimum wage at the airport\u003c/a> is $17 and is due to increase to $17.66 in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unite Here says the current wages are too low for its members to afford a place to live in much of the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In October, nearly 2,500 Unite Here Local 2 members went on strike against seven Marriott hotels in San Francisco. Union workers at the company’s hotels in San Jose, Oakland and several other cities walked off the job as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want the raises to be significant enough that just like the Marriott strikes in San Francisco, workers are able to start quitting their second jobs or relying on extensive amounts of overtime just to avoid being homeless,” Gumpert said, noting that the union has not yet settled on specific wage-increase demands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the 9/11 terrorist attack, Gumpert said, unions that represent airline workers made significant concessions because the airline industry was struggling. 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The board cited other mistakes and crew fatigue as contributing factors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Air Canada spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick said the airline would review the safety board’s recommendations and has already taken steps to improve training and procedures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two pilots “are being held out of service,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The safety board recommended the development of technology to warn pilots and air traffic controllers when a landing plane appears to be aimed at a taxiway instead of a runway. It also said the Federal Aviation Administration should consider better lighting and markings to warn pilots about closed runways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cockpit voice recorder might have helped investigators better understand how the near-accident unfolded. However, the recording was taped over because the NTSB wasn’t notified of the incident for nearly two days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we learned of a passenger airliner almost touching down on a taxiway occupied by four other airliners, we elected to launch a full investigation,” DeLisi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>SFO Ground Video Shows Near-Miss\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/oF7FR7TjnME?t=42\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>In the video above, the Air Canada jet approaching SFO can be seen as the moving bright white light near the top of the frame. At the 1:08 minute mark, the jet’s landing lights sweep across the fuselage of an aircraft just beneath it, lined up to take off.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incident occurred just before midnight — it felt like 3 a.m. to the pilots, who had taken off from Toronto. The safety board recommended that Canada strengthen rules to prevent pilot fatigue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The safety board’s chairman, Robert Sumwalt, urged the FAA and Canadian officials to adopt the recommendations “so that we do not have to relearn the lessons of this incident at a far greater cost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Air Canada crew was cleared to land on runway 28R, to the right of the closed runway, 28L.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a preliminary NTSB report, the pilots thought the lighted runway was 28L — not theirs. 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The crew's confusion partially stemmed from runway 28L being closed and dark at the time.\" width=\"800\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/SFORunways-800x597.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/SFORunways-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/SFORunways-1020x762.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/SFORunways.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/SFORunways-1180x881.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/SFORunways-960x717.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/SFORunways-240x179.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/SFORunways-375x280.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/SFORunways-520x388.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Google Earth view of Runways 28L and 28R at San Francisco International Airport. During a nighttime landing in July 2017, an Air Canada flight crew confused a crowded taxiway at the top of this image (outlined in green) with their assigned runway, 28R. The crew’s confusion partially stemmed from runway 28L being closed and dark at the time. \u003ccite>(Google Earth)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to the NTSB, the pilots told investigators that they didn’t see planes on the taxiway, but that something did not look right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first airliner in the departing queue on the taxiway was United Airlines Flight 1, headed for Singapore, commanded by Capt. Keith Freeberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flight 1 had been awaiting clearance to depart for half an hour when the Air Canada plane approached the airport. After Freeberg saw the Airbus was “aiming at us” and not correcting course, he radioed the controller on duty, “Where’s that guy going? He’s on the taxiway.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/07/ac759sfo070717goaround.mp3\" title=\"Listen to the Exchange on SFO Air Traffic Control\" program=\"KQED News\" image=\"https://u.s.kqed.net/2017/07/12/SFOControlTower.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Greg Sembower, first officer on another United flight in the taxiway lineup, wrote that “within one or two seconds of this transmission, all of us in our cockpit became fully aware that Air Canada was lost and headed our way. Our captain turned on all of our lights, to include the landing lights, taxi light, turnoff lights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Air Canada pilots abandoned the landing and pulled their plane up just in time to avoid catastrophe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An NTSB staff member said Tuesday that they calculated the plane flew just 10 feet to 20 feet above United Flight 1, then circled and returned for a safe landing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both pilots of the Airbus A320, which was arriving from Toronto, were experienced. The captain, who was flying the plane, had more than 20,000 hours of flying time, and the co-pilot had about 10,000 hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In May, federal officials blamed pilot error for three other close calls in the previous 16 months at the San Francisco airport. Pilots say that the airport, with parallel runways close to each other, requires special attention during landings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Air Canada incident led the FAA to issue new rules for the airport covering nighttime landings when one of the runways is closed and better late-night control-tower staffing.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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However, the recording was taped over because the NTSB wasn’t notified of the incident for nearly two days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we learned of a passenger airliner almost touching down on a taxiway occupied by four other airliners, we elected to launch a full investigation,” DeLisi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>SFO Ground Video Shows Near-Miss\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/oF7FR7TjnME'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/oF7FR7TjnME'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>In the video above, the Air Canada jet approaching SFO can be seen as the moving bright white light near the top of the frame. 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"content": "\u003cp>The San Francisco Board of Supervisors planned to vote Tuesday on a resolution condemning the inhumane treatment of detainees held at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Hillary Ronen is leading the push for the immediate adoption of the resolution, as well as an independent investigation into the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11663092/filipino-human-rights-activist-detained-by-customs-agents-at-sfo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">detainment of a well-known human rights activist\u003c/a> from the Philippines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detained Jerome Aladdin Succor Aba on April 17 as he was on his way to Washington D.C., where he was scheduled to speak about issues facing the Philippines' Muslim and indigenous populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663140\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663140\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Jerome-Aba-800x622.jpg\" alt=\"Jerome Aladdin Succor Aba\" width=\"800\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Jerome-Aba-800x622.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Jerome-Aba-160x124.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Jerome-Aba-240x186.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Jerome-Aba-375x291.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Jerome-Aba-520x404.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Jerome-Aba.jpg 825w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerome Aladdin Succor Aba in his Facebook profile picture. \u003ccite>(via Facebook)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Terry Valen, president of the \u003ca href=\"http://nafconusa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Alliance for Filipino Concerns\u003c/a> and the executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.filipinocc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Filipino Community Center\u003c/a> in San Francisco, said the activist, \"suffered physical and psychological torture in the hands of the Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security agents at the airport.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a press release, Jessica Antonio, secretary general for the Filipino rights advocacy group \u003ca href=\"http://bayanusa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bayan USA\u003c/a>, provided details of Aba's alleged treatment at the airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Despite having a valid U.S. visa and official invitations by church institutions and community organizations to speak at multiple events in the U.S., Aba was treated as an enemy combatant and subjected to rendition-style interrogation, including being forced to strip naked in front of an industrial fan blowing cold air. He was repeatedly asked if he was a “terrorist” or “communist,” of his affiliations with renowned mass leaders in the Philippines, and his opinion of U.S. and Philippine political relations by CBP officials, who held him for 28 hours without access to a lawyer.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Aaron Peskin, a strong advocate of the proposal, said he expects all of the supervisors will back Tuesday's vote. He found the particulars of Aba’s case disturbing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"An individual has allegedly been tortured and held without access to legal counsel for a significant period of time,\" Peskin said. \"And the message coming from San Francisco's elected body is 'this is not going to happen in San Francisco or San Francisco's international airport.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CBP issued a statement denying the allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These allegations of torture and religious discrimination made by Mr. Aba are false. 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