Originally Posted by
Larry in TN
When the 6,001' runway is also one-third narrower than the 12,000' runway they really don't look all that much different at night.
After 50 years of flying I would have to agree. On Sep 24, 1972 a JAL DC8 landed at Juhu rather the correct airport in Bombay. On Dec 14, 1972 an Interflug(East German) IL18 also landed at Juhu, nearly hitting the JAL DC8.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_A...ight_472_(1972)
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