The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating a Nov. 29 incident in which a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-900ER on approach to Harstfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (KATL) was aligned with an occupied taxiway before the pilots initiated a go-around. According to incident information released Wednesday by NTSB, the 737, operating as Delta Flight 2196 from Indianapolis, did not overfly the aircraft on the taxiway during the go-around.
The inbound airplane was cleared to land, and was initially lined up, on runway 09R at KATL, but radar data indicate that within about one mile of the runway, the 737 began to deviate left of the approach course and subsequently aligned with taxiway N, NTSB said. A go-around was initiated after the airplane crossed the start of the taxiway. Daytime instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident…
