Continental Airlines Flight 1883 taxiway landing incident

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**Continental Flight 1883 Incident**
Summary
Date	October 28, 2006
Type	Taxiway Landing
Site	Newark, New Jersey
Fatalities	0
Injuries	0
Aircraft
Aircraft type	757-224
Operator	Continental Airlines
Tail number	N17105
Passengers	148
Crew	6
Survivors	154 (all)

Continental Flight 1883 was a Boeing 757-224, registration N17105, on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Orlando, Florida to Newark, New Jersey, with 148 passengers and 6 crew on board, which mistakenly landed on a taxiway at Newark Liberty International Airport, on the evening of October 28, 2006, with no reported injuries or damage.^[1]^[2]

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Section of KEWR taxiway diagram, with red dot depicting approx. location of touchdown - landing roll was westbound on Z, leftward from red dot

Section of KEWR taxiway diagram,^[3] with red dot depicting approx. location of touchdown - landing roll was westbound on Z, leftward from red dot

Flight 1883 was cleared for the ILS 22L instrument approach, circle-to-land runway 29. This required descending southwest towards runway 22L, followed by a final low altitude circling maneuver to land on runway 29 to the west. The aircraft landed westbound on taxiway Z, at 1831 EDT; sunset was at approximately 1800 EDT. An FAA inspector reported the touchdown spot was near the intersection of taxiway R. The inspector also noted that all lighting systems associated with runway 29 and taxiway Z were operating normally at the time.