The ground crew guides an airliner in with a series of gestures using bright orange (red?) sticks -- they even glow at night.
The crossed X indicates the pilot is to stop where he/she is.
The hope is, they do.
(I've never seen one overshoot the mark -- but we've all seen the movie Airplane!, right? The 747 crashing through the plate glass window at the gate? Yeah, still haunted.)
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