Originally Posted by
MaydayMark
I'm really surprised that the consensus seems to be "Could happen to anyone" attitude. I'm not sure a private pilot in his Cessna could explain landing at the wrong airport?
They make comedy movies with scenes like this!
And - it might not have been in his FMS Data Base? Doesn't the "DreamLifter" fly there routinely? How could it not be in the data base?
Does that mean that all the analog airplanes we've collectively ever flow (early model 747's, 737's, 727's, DC-10's, DC-9's) couldn't land at the "right" airport.
You guys are screwing with me ... right?
100% totally agree. This is NOT "could happen to anyone". This is "could happen to anyone who doesn't load the approach and have situational awareness".
I'm not saying what these guys did or didn't do, we don't know that yet. But landing at the wrong airport, in a 747-400 or equivalent avionics, could NOT "happen to anyone".