An Aeromexico Boeing 737 lined up for the wrong runway at San Francisco International Airport last week in the third landing miscue at SFO in six months. The crew accepted a clearance for Runway 28R but set up for 28L instead. There was a Virgin America flight on 28L waiting to take off. Controllers saw the error when the Aeromexico flight was a mile out and ordered a go-around, which the crew performed before landing safely on the correct runway.
Last July 7, an Air Canada A320 came close to landing on a taxiway parallel to runway 28R and complied with an abort order at about 100 feet AGL. There were four aircraft on the taxiway waiting for the runway. In October, another Air Canada A320 continued a landing despite repeated orders from the tower to go around. The pilot flying told FAA investigators the radio was on the wrong frequency.
