But ministry officials said the lights would not have been turned on even if they had been in service because there was sufficient visibility that day.
Right, because there’s already runway holding position markings that you do not cross without clearance - every pilot from private on up knows about these. The mentioned lights are for low visibility situations which this was not.
Another knee jerk reaction article. Although not common, these things also happen in commercial airplanes not made by Boeing. There’s a multitude of possible reasons for this event other than Boeing manufacturing practices. Still, fuck Boeing, but this is click bait.