There seems to be an absurd fixation on this landing by some of the posters here.

A plane landed at the wrong airport, that's all. It could have been a lot better. It could have been a lot worse. But in the grand scheme of aviation incidents, it's really not that big of a deal. There were no injuries. No damage to the plane. There was no damage to other planes. No international violations. The plane spent less than a day in the wrong place and then continued on its way.

We expect the media to hype a story way out of proportion, but it seems like some pilots here are ramping this thing up like Geraldo Rivera on speed.

As has been pointed out in numerous posts here, this is not an isolated incident. Northwest, TWA, BAX, Continental, United, and Delta have all landed jets at wrong airports. Heck, even the U. S. Navy landed a jet on the wrong aircraft carrier. None of these pilots wanted to screw up and yet they all did despite all sorts of reasons that they shouldn't have.

It Happens. Get over it.

Did the crew screw up? Since they obviously didn't land at AAO on purpose, it sure seems like it. But there will be a chain of events that led up to this that will be uncovered by people with far more access than any of us will ever have and they will issue the report with recommendations. Until then, it is pointless to speculate.

And for those who think this could never happen to them, you may want to rethink your position on this. That kind of invincible mindset is foolish and potentially dangerous. Better to decide that it COULD happen to you and then implement procedures to make sure it doesn't ever happen.

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