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CO Express lands at WRONG airport
[font=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Plane lands right on schedule - at wrong airport
CARLYSS, La. (AP) - A Continental Express commuter flight from Houston to Lake Charles, La., landed at the wrong airport, touching down roughly eight miles from its destination at an airfield that usually sees only cropdusters. The 48-passenger plane with 17 passengers, two pilots and a flight attendant aboard landed safely at Southland Field-West Calcasieu Airport in Carlyss shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday. A spokesman for the airline and an official with the Carlyss airport both said the bright lights at the recently renovated rural airfield probably contributed to the confusion. Continental Express spokesman Bruce Kink added that the number for the runway the pilot was bound for at Lake Charles was 33 - the same number as the runway at Carlyss. Also, he said, the destinations have similar compass headings. "I think they're different by, like, one degree,'' he said. Kink said a thorough investigation was under way but that preliminary indications were the plane was on its final approach, descending from clouds. The runway at the airport in Carlyss is not usually lit up at night, but an electrical contractor was doing a check on the lights, so it was brightly illuminated Thursday night. Meanwhile, the pilot of the commuter plane was in contact with the Lake Charles tower. "The tower asked them if they had visual of the running lights of the airport. They said they did,'' Kink said. He said pilots' instruments indicate the number of the runway being approached - in this case it was 33. Kink said the two pilots, who were not identified, were automatically "decertified'' and will not be able to fly again until after the investigation is complete. They likely will have to undergo more training and tests. Thursday night, passengers on the plane had to wait for a bus to take them from Carlyss to Lake Charles. "We're out in the middle of nowhere. It probably took them longer to drive ... to Lake Charles than it would have taken to fly from Houston to Lake Charles,'' said Joe Palermo, a member of the board that runs the airport at Carlyss. |
....but it didn't run off the end right?
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No injuries, no aircraft damage. That's good. Now, this is probably one of the best laughs I've had all month...."right on time to the wrong airport".
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Colgan flying a 48 passenger plane? Hmm.....
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"One" word. FMS. Dan Robertson, he only hires the best!!!!!!!:D Bets are now being placed to see when the next off the runway event will be at. Anyone hear about the Captain they are saying is a looney because he wouldn't depart below mins and endanger the flight?
He sued. They said he was a psych case and can no longer fly. Stay the hell away from company employee assistance programs. It may come back to bite you in the glutes. |
Here is the flight aware FlightAware > Continental Air Lines (United) (CO) #3222 > 01-Sep-2011 > KIAH-KLCH Flight Tracker
that sure sucks |
Ils/loc?
Aren't commercial flights required to have the ILS/LOC dialed in even in VFR? There is a LOC BC 33 @ LCH, freq 109.1
EDIT: Interesting - there is also a LOC 15 @ UXL freq 109.3 |
You do realize the story you quoted is from 1996!
October 3, 1996 - A Continental Express aircraft, bound for Lake Charles, Louisiana, mistakenly lands at Southland Field in Carlyss. Link. Plane lands right on schedule - at wrong airport Note the copyright at the bottom of the page. ;) |
did it happen twice?? The flight aware for last Thur stops at the same airport as the story!
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Originally Posted by FlyJSH
(Post 1051446)
You do realize the story you quoted is from 1996!
October 3, 1996 - A Continental Express aircraft, bound for Lake Charles, Louisiana, mistakenly lands at Southland Field in Carlyss. Link. Plane lands right on schedule - at wrong airport Note the copyright at the bottom of the page. ;) |
Originally Posted by FlyJSH
(Post 1051446)
You do realize the story you quoted is from 1996!
October 3, 1996 - A Continental Express aircraft, bound for Lake Charles, Louisiana, mistakenly lands at Southland Field in Carlyss. Link. Plane lands right on schedule - at wrong airport Note the copyright at the bottom of the page. ;) |
http://www.sulphurdailynews.com/feat...ednesday-night
Continental flight lands in Carlyss by mistake Wednesday night Plane bound from Houston to Lake Charles landed at Southland Field By Brian Trahan, Executive Editor Southwest Daily News Posted Sep 08, 2011 @ 09:36 AM CARLYSS — When Southland Field built it's new state of the art T-Hangar here this past summer, it wanted to attract larger planes to the airport. Officials never envisioned having a Continental Connection plane land here though. Some time after 8 p.m. Wednesday, a Continental Connection flight bound from Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Lake Charles Regional Airport mistakenly landed at the much smaller Southland Field — a freak occurrence that has happened at least two other times in the last 20 years. According to Sam Larsh, Southland Field Airport Manager, it happened twice in the mid 1990s. |
haha to the DOH guys, look like it has happened then and now!
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Originally Posted by rickt86
(Post 1051447)
did it happen twice?? The flight aware for last Thur stops at the same airport as the story!
FlightAware > Continental Air Lines (United) (CO) #3222 > 03-Sep-2011 > KIAH-KLCH Flight Tracker it appears the plane departed the newly installed runway 2 at IAH and landed somewhere short of Beaumont. |
Originally Posted by FlyJSH
(Post 1051454)
That seems to be a FlightAware glitch. If you look at this one
FlightAware > Continental Air Lines (United) (CO) #3222 > 03-Sep-2011 > KIAH-KLCH Flight Tracker it appears the plane departed the newly installed runway 2 at IAH and landed somewhere short of Beaumont. |
At his next interview.....
So, tell me about a time a decision you made that was a failure. |
HAHA, seems like an easy mistake, esp if you did it a bunch of times without that airport being all lit up, then one night it suddenly was.
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Originally Posted by FlyJSH
(Post 1051461)
At his next interview.....
So, tell me about a time a decision you made that was a failure. Probably a good thing the NorthWest guys that landed at the wrong field years ago probably won't have to be in that situation. |
Originally Posted by xjtguy
(Post 1051477)
Probably a good thing the NorthWest guys that landed at the wrong field years ago probably won't have to be in that situation. |
Originally Posted by On Autopilot
(Post 1051435)
"One" word. FMS. Dan Robertson, he only hires the best!!!!!!
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they called the visual, now if they woulda only had the lido this would have never happend
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Originally Posted by rickt86
(Post 1051447)
did it happen twice?? The flight aware for last Thur stops at the same airport as the story!
Express Jet |
Thankfully they picked a long enough runway!
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Originally Posted by Milk Man
(Post 1051501)
Express Jet
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Originally Posted by rickt86
(Post 1051514)
The one last week was, * SURPRISE* :eek: (SARCASM)Colgan Airlines!
I was refering to the 1996. But yes it was Colgan this time |
Definitely not the first pilot in the world to make this mistake...........
Here are a few examples from all over the world..... August 17 2006 - Turkish civilian airplane with 200 passengers aboard going to Poznan "Lawica"-airport has landed instead on a military airstrip in Krzesiny located some kilometers away. March 29, 2006 - A Eirjet A320 bound for Derry, Northern Ireland mistakenly lands at Ballykelly, a military airfield. December 16, 2005 - A Pakistan International Airlines 737 bound for Karachi, Pakistan mistakenly lands at Faisal, a military airfield. September 5, 2005 - A Wings Air MD-80 bound for Minangkabau International Airport in Padang, Indonesia mistakenly lands at Tabing Airport, a military airfield. January 9, 2004 - A Shuttle America Saab 340 bound for University Park Airport in State College, Pennsylvania mistakenly lands at Mid-State Regional Airport in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. January 22, 2003 - A Chatauqua Airlines Embraer 145, chartered by the University of Notre Dame basketball team and bound for South Bend, Indiana, mistakenly lands at Elkhart Municipal Airport. See Tom Coyne, "Irish land at wrong airport because of pilot mistake," Associated Press, January 24, 2003. July 30, 2002 - A LOT Polish Airlines aircraft, bound for Kaliningrad, Russia, mistakenly lands at Chkalovsk, an abandoned military airfield. June 27, 2001 - A TAM Fokker 100, bound for Teresina, Brazil, mistakenly lands at Timon. See "Brazilian pilot mistakes private airstrip for urban airport," Deutsche Presse-Agentur, June 27, 2001. March 14, 2001 - A TWA MD-80, bound for Yampa Valley Airport in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, mistakenly lands at Craig-Moffat Airport. December 8, 2000 - A BAX Global DC-8, bound for Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport in Oscoda, Michigan, mistakenly lands at Iosco County Airport in East Tawas. June 17, 2000 - An Air Nova Dash 8, bound for Mont Joli, Quebec, mistakenly lands at Rimouski. See "Pilots land at wrong airport," The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec), June 20, 2000. June 22, 1999 - An Avensa 727, bound for Latacunga Airport in Ambato, Venezuela, mistakenly lands at Izamva Airport. (According to some reports, the pilot did not complete the landing but did make contact with the ground.) See "Pilot Attempts Wrong Airport Landing," Associated Press, June 24, 1999. July 16, 1997 - A Continental Express Embraer 120, bound for Lake Charles, Louisiana, mistakenly lands at Southland Field in Carlyss. See T.J. Milling, "A familiar landmark? Another Continental plane sets down at same, wrong airport," Houston Chronicle, July 19, 1997. June 2, 1997 - A Saudi Arabian Airlines 747, bound for Madras International Airport in Chennai, India, mistakenly lands at Tambaram Air Force Base. May 11, 1997 - A Continental Airlines 737, bound for Corpus Christi, Texas, mistakenly lands at Cabaniss Field, an abandoned Navy airfield. March 27, 1997 - A Sun Pacific International Airlines aircraft, chartered by the Arkansas Razorbacks and bound for Fayetteville, Arkansas, mistakenly lands at Springdale. December 24, 1996 - An Atlas Air 747 bound for Pinal Air Park in Marana, Arizona mistakenly lands at Avra Valley Airport. October 15, 1996 - A Nations Air 737, bound for Orlando, Florida, mistakenly lands at Sanford Airport. See "Airline's inaugural flight lands at wrong airport in Orlando," Tampa Tribune, October 16, 1996. October 3, 1996 - A Continental Express aircraft, bound for Lake Charles, Louisiana, mistakenly lands at Southland Field in Carlyss. October 17, 1995 - An aircraft chartered on behalf of the White House press corps, bound for Kelly Air Force Base in Texas, mistakenly lands at San Antonio International Airport. See "Press plane lands at wrong airport," United Press International, October 17, 1995. September 5, 1995 - A Northwest Airlines DC-10, bound for Frankfurt, Germany, mistakenly landed in Brussels, Belgium, approximately 200 miles off course. (In this case, air traffic control has been blamed for providing incorrect flight plan data to the pilots.) See Don Phillips, "U.S. Jet Bound for Germany Mistakenly Lands in Belgium," Washington Post, October 1, 1995. March 21, 1995 - A Great China Airlines Dash-8, bound for Taipei, Taiwan, mistakenly lands at Penghu Island. (In this case, the airline has been blamed for providing incorrect instructions to the pilot.) See "Misinformed Pilot Lands at Wrong Airport," Associated Press, March 22, 1995. December 21, 1994 - A United Airlines 757, bound for San Juan, Puerto Rico, mistakenly lands at Fernando Ribas Dominicci Airport (a/k/a Isla Grande Airport). Link. See also "FAA Investigating Landing of United 757 at Wrong Airport," Aviation Daily, December 24, 1994. May 5, 1993 - A Jet Airways 737, bound for Coimbatore, India, mistakenly lands at Sulur Air Force Base. Link. See also "You have arrived at err..." The Advertiser, May 6, 1993. March 28, 1991 - An Emerald Airlines 727, bound for Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee, mistakenly lands at Wausau Municipal Airport. See Robert Imrie, "Pilot, Co-Pilot of 727 That Landed at Wrong Airport Suspended," Associated Press, May 7, 1991. November 24, 1990 - A Wings West Fairchild Metro, bound for San Luis Obispo, California, mistakenly lands at Santa Maria Airport. See David Dietz, "Bay Airliner's Landing at Wrong City Probed: Plane Missed Destination By 36 Miles," San Francisco Chronicle, November 27, 1990. November 8, 1990 - A Continental Express ATR-42, bound for Jackson, Mississippi, mistakenly lands at Hawkins Field. See "National Digest," St. Petersburg Times, November 10, 1990. March 2, 1989 - A Dan Air BAe 748, bound for Aldergrove Airport in Belfast, Northern Ireland, mistakenly lands at Langford Lodge Airport. See "Flight ends at wrong destination," Independent, March 3, 1989. September 17, 1988 - A Canadian Airlines 737, bound for Cambridge Bay, Northwest Territories, mistakenly lands at Churchill, Manitoba. (According to some reports, the pilots mis-applied the magnetic variation factor from true north necessary for navigation in high latitudes.) See "Canadian jetliner flew 750 miles off course," Miami Herald, September 25, 1988. January 21, 1988 - A Piedmont Airlines F-28, bound for Wilmington, North Carolina, mistakenly lands at Albert J. Ellis Airport in Jacksonville. See "Piedmont Jet Lands at Jacksonville Instead of Wilmington," Associated Press, January 23, 1988. July 7, 1987 - A Delta Air Lines 737, bound for Lexington, Kentucky, mistakenly lands at Capital City Airport in Frankfort. November 3, 1986 - An Air France 727, bound for Eliat, Israel, mistakenly lands at Aqaba Airport in Jordan. See "Sorry, Wrong Airport," Associated Press, November 3, 1986. February 3, 1986 - A Piedmont Airlines 737, bound for Bush Field in Augusta, Georgia, mistakenly lands at Daniel Field. See "Piedmont Airlines Flight Lands at Wrong Airport in Augusta," Associated Press, February 4, 1986. 1982 - An Aero Airways DC-8, bound for Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, New York, mistakenly lands at Dutchess County Airport. See Edward Hudson, "Jets Mistake Tiny Airport for Another," New York Times, October 13, 1985. (I have not been able to determine the exact date of this incident, but the report appears to be reliable.) October 23, 1980 - A Republic Airlines Convair 580 bound for Golden Triangle Municipal Airport in Columbus, Mississippi, mistakenly lands at Columbus-Lowndes County Airport. See "FAA Investigating Errant Landing," Associated Press, November 14, 1980. July 14, 1980 - A Delta Air Lines 727, bound for Miami, mistakenly lands at Fort Lauderdale. (In this case, air traffic control has been blamed for providing incorrect flight plan data to the pilots.) See "Controller Reprimanded in Wrong Airport Landing," Associated Press, July 25, 1980. June 20, 1980 - A Delta Air Lines 727, bound for Tampa, Florida, mistakenly lands at MacDill Air Force Base. See Tom Zucco, "The Official Tampa Bay Map of the Weird," St. Petersburg Times, October 18, 1991. March 1, 1980 - A Republic Airlines DC-9 bound for Golden Triangle Municipal Airport in Columbus, Mississippi, mistakenly lands at Starkville Municipal Airport. See "FAA Investigating Errant Landing," Associated Press, November 14, 1980. July 31, 1979 - A Western Airlines 737, bound for Sheridan, Wyoming, mistakenly lands at Buffalo. See David Bird and Albin Krebs, "Wyoming Town Fondly Remembers a Mistake," New York Times, July 7, 1981. (Buffalo subsequently honored the pilot with a "Lowell Ferguson Days" celebration.) April 22, 1978 - A Maverick Air aircraft, bound for Tel Aviv, Israel mistakenly lands at Beirut, Lebanon. See "Cargo Pilot Finds Wrong Airport," Washington Post, April 24, 1978. March 24, 1977 - A Pan Am 707, bound for Las Americas Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, mistakenly lands at San Isidro Air Force Base. See "Wrong Airport," Aviation Week and Space Technology, April 4, 1977. August 11, 1976 - An Iraqi Airways 747, bound for Orly Airport in Paris, France, mistakenly lands at Le Bourget Airport. See "Right City, Wrong Airport," New York Times, August 12, 1976. December 4, 1974 - A Frontier Airlines 737, bound for Salt Lake International Airport in Salt Lake City, Utah, mistakenly lands at Salt Lake Airport No. 2. See "Jet Lands at Wrong Field," New York Times, December 4, 1974. June 10, 1973 - A United Airlines 727, bound for Miami, mistakenly lands at Opa Locka. September 24, 1972 - A Japan Airlines DC-8, bound for Bombay, India mistakenly lands at Juhu. |
Definitely not the first pilot in the world to make this mistake........... Here are a few examples from all over the world..... August 17 2006 - Turkish civilian airplane with 200 passengers aboard going to Poznan "Lawica"-airport has landed instead on a military airstrip in Krzesiny located some kilometers away. March 29, 2006 - A Eirjet A320 bound for Derry, Northern Ireland mistakenly lands at Ballykelly, a military airfield. December 16, 2005 - A Pakistan International Airlines 737 bound for Karachi, Pakistan mistakenly lands at Faisal, a military airfield. September 5, 2005 - A Wings Air MD-80 bound for Minangkabau International Airport in Padang, Indonesia mistakenly lands at Tabing Airport, a military airfield. January 9, 2004 - A Shuttle America Saab 340 bound for University Park Airport in State College, Pennsylvania mistakenly lands at Mid-State Regional Airport in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. January 22, 2003 - A Chatauqua Airlines Embraer 145, chartered by the University of Notre Dame basketball team and bound for South Bend, Indiana, mistakenly lands at Elkhart Municipal Airport. See Tom Coyne, "Irish land at wrong airport because of pilot mistake," Associated Press, January 24, 2003. July 30, 2002 - A LOT Polish Airlines aircraft, bound for Kaliningrad, Russia, mistakenly lands at Chkalovsk, an abandoned military airfield. June 27, 2001 - A TAM Fokker 100, bound for Teresina, Brazil, mistakenly lands at Timon. See "Brazilian pilot mistakes private airstrip for urban airport," Deutsche Presse-Agentur, June 27, 2001. March 14, 2001 - A TWA MD-80, bound for Yampa Valley Airport in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, mistakenly lands at Craig-Moffat Airport. December 8, 2000 - A BAX Global DC-8, bound for Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport in Oscoda, Michigan, mistakenly lands at Iosco County Airport in East Tawas. June 17, 2000 - An Air Nova Dash 8, bound for Mont Joli, Quebec, mistakenly lands at Rimouski. See "Pilots land at wrong airport," The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec), June 20, 2000. June 22, 1999 - An Avensa 727, bound for Latacunga Airport in Ambato, Venezuela, mistakenly lands at Izamva Airport. (According to some reports, the pilot did not complete the landing but did make contact with the ground.) See "Pilot Attempts Wrong Airport Landing," Associated Press, June 24, 1999. July 16, 1997 - A Continental Express Embraer 120, bound for Lake Charles, Louisiana, mistakenly lands at Southland Field in Carlyss. See T.J. Milling, "A familiar landmark? Another Continental plane sets down at same, wrong airport," Houston Chronicle, July 19, 1997. June 2, 1997 - A Saudi Arabian Airlines 747, bound for Madras International Airport in Chennai, India, mistakenly lands at Tambaram Air Force Base. May 11, 1997 - A Continental Airlines 737, bound for Corpus Christi, Texas, mistakenly lands at Cabaniss Field, an abandoned Navy airfield. March 27, 1997 - A Sun Pacific International Airlines aircraft, chartered by the Arkansas Razorbacks and bound for Fayetteville, Arkansas, mistakenly lands at Springdale. December 24, 1996 - An Atlas Air 747 bound for Pinal Air Park in Marana, Arizona mistakenly lands at Avra Valley Airport. October 15, 1996 - A Nations Air 737, bound for Orlando, Florida, mistakenly lands at Sanford Airport. See "Airline's inaugural flight lands at wrong airport in Orlando," Tampa Tribune, October 16, 1996. October 3, 1996 - A Continental Express aircraft, bound for Lake Charles, Louisiana, mistakenly lands at Southland Field in Carlyss. October 17, 1995 - An aircraft chartered on behalf of the White House press corps, bound for Kelly Air Force Base in Texas, mistakenly lands at San Antonio International Airport. See "Press plane lands at wrong airport," United Press International, October 17, 1995. September 5, 1995 - A Northwest Airlines DC-10, bound for Frankfurt, Germany, mistakenly landed in Brussels, Belgium, approximately 200 miles off course. (In this case, air traffic control has been blamed for providing incorrect flight plan data to the pilots.) See Don Phillips, "U.S. Jet Bound for Germany Mistakenly Lands in Belgium," Washington Post, October 1, 1995. March 21, 1995 - A Great China Airlines Dash-8, bound for Taipei, Taiwan, mistakenly lands at Penghu Island. (In this case, the airline has been blamed for providing incorrect instructions to the pilot.) See "Misinformed Pilot Lands at Wrong Airport," Associated Press, March 22, 1995. December 21, 1994 - A United Airlines 757, bound for San Juan, Puerto Rico, mistakenly lands at Fernando Ribas Dominicci Airport (a/k/a Isla Grande Airport). Link. See also "FAA Investigating Landing of United 757 at Wrong Airport," Aviation Daily, December 24, 1994. May 5, 1993 - A Jet Airways 737, bound for Coimbatore, India, mistakenly lands at Sulur Air Force Base. Link. See also "You have arrived at err..." The Advertiser, May 6, 1993. March 28, 1991 - An Emerald Airlines 727, bound for Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee, mistakenly lands at Wausau Municipal Airport. See Robert Imrie, "Pilot, Co-Pilot of 727 That Landed at Wrong Airport Suspended," Associated Press, May 7, 1991. November 24, 1990 - A Wings West Fairchild Metro, bound for San Luis Obispo, California, mistakenly lands at Santa Maria Airport. See David Dietz, "Bay Airliner's Landing at Wrong City Probed: Plane Missed Destination By 36 Miles," San Francisco Chronicle, November 27, 1990. November 8, 1990 - A Continental Express ATR-42, bound for Jackson, Mississippi, mistakenly lands at Hawkins Field. See "National Digest," St. Petersburg Times, November 10, 1990. March 2, 1989 - A Dan Air BAe 748, bound for Aldergrove Airport in Belfast, Northern Ireland, mistakenly lands at Langford Lodge Airport. See "Flight ends at wrong destination," Independent, March 3, 1989. September 17, 1988 - A Canadian Airlines 737, bound for Cambridge Bay, Northwest Territories, mistakenly lands at Churchill, Manitoba. (According to some reports, the pilots mis-applied the magnetic variation factor from true north necessary for navigation in high latitudes.) See "Canadian jetliner flew 750 miles off course," Miami Herald, September 25, 1988. January 21, 1988 - A Piedmont Airlines F-28, bound for Wilmington, North Carolina, mistakenly lands at Albert J. Ellis Airport in Jacksonville. See "Piedmont Jet Lands at Jacksonville Instead of Wilmington," Associated Press, January 23, 1988. July 7, 1987 - A Delta Air Lines 737, bound for Lexington, Kentucky, mistakenly lands at Capital City Airport in Frankfort. November 3, 1986 - An Air France 727, bound for Eliat, Israel, mistakenly lands at Aqaba Airport in Jordan. See "Sorry, Wrong Airport," Associated Press, November 3, 1986. February 3, 1986 - A Piedmont Airlines 737, bound for Bush Field in Augusta, Georgia, mistakenly lands at Daniel Field. See "Piedmont Airlines Flight Lands at Wrong Airport in Augusta," Associated Press, February 4, 1986. 1982 - An Aero Airways DC-8, bound for Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, New York, mistakenly lands at Dutchess County Airport. See Edward Hudson, "Jets Mistake Tiny Airport for Another," New York Times, October 13, 1985. (I have not been able to determine the exact date of this incident, but the report appears to be reliable.) October 23, 1980 - A Republic Airlines Convair 580 bound for Golden Triangle Municipal Airport in Columbus, Mississippi, mistakenly lands at Columbus-Lowndes County Airport. See "FAA Investigating Errant Landing," Associated Press, November 14, 1980. July 14, 1980 - A Delta Air Lines 727, bound for Miami, mistakenly lands at Fort Lauderdale. (In this case, air traffic control has been blamed for providing incorrect flight plan data to the pilots.) See "Controller Reprimanded in Wrong Airport Landing," Associated Press, July 25, 1980. June 20, 1980 - A Delta Air Lines 727, bound for Tampa, Florida, mistakenly lands at MacDill Air Force Base. See Tom Zucco, "The Official Tampa Bay Map of the Weird," St. Petersburg Times, October 18, 1991. March 1, 1980 - A Republic Airlines DC-9 bound for Golden Triangle Municipal Airport in Columbus, Mississippi, mistakenly lands at Starkville Municipal Airport. See "FAA Investigating Errant Landing," Associated Press, November 14, 1980. July 31, 1979 - A Western Airlines 737, bound for Sheridan, Wyoming, mistakenly lands at Buffalo. See David Bird and Albin Krebs, "Wyoming Town Fondly Remembers a Mistake," New York Times, July 7, 1981. (Buffalo subsequently honored the pilot with a "Lowell Ferguson Days" celebration.) April 22, 1978 - A Maverick Air aircraft, bound for Tel Aviv, Israel mistakenly lands at Beirut, Lebanon. See "Cargo Pilot Finds Wrong Airport," Washington Post, April 24, 1978. March 24, 1977 - A Pan Am 707, bound for Las Americas Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, mistakenly lands at San Isidro Air Force Base. See "Wrong Airport," Aviation Week and Space Technology, April 4, 1977. August 11, 1976 - An Iraqi Airways 747, bound for Orly Airport in Paris, France, mistakenly lands at Le Bourget Airport. See "Right City, Wrong Airport," New York Times, August 12, 1976. December 4, 1974 - A Frontier Airlines 737, bound for Salt Lake International Airport in Salt Lake City, Utah, mistakenly lands at Salt Lake Airport No. 2. See "Jet Lands at Wrong Field," New York Times, December 4, 1974. June 10, 1973 - A United Airlines 727, bound for Miami, mistakenly lands at Opa Locka. September 24, 1972 - A Japan Airlines DC-8, bound for Bombay, India mistakenly lands at Juhu. |
Impressive bcpilot!
I got to within about 5 miles of the wrong airport once in Japan. Got a very inquistive call on the radio! OOOPS! USMCFLYR |
Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
(Post 1051535)
Impressive bcpilot!
I got to within about 5 miles of the wrong airport once in Japan. Got a very inquistive call on the radio! OOOPS! USMCFLYR |
Originally Posted by FlyJSH
(Post 1051539)
Ahh, the benefits of radar service and atc/towered airports.
Well what did those fools expect when they let loose a young pilot with less than 500 hrs in northern Japan!? They are lucky that is all the trouble I *nearly* got into :eek: I've heard stories about airplanes landing at NALF El Centro when they were suppose to land at Imperial Airport. Last time I went into El Paso, they remarked about the close proximity of the AAF very close by so I figure that they must have cloase calls often too. USMCFLYR |
Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
(Post 1051543)
I've heard stories about airplanes landing at NALF El Centro when they were suppose to land at Imperial Airport. Last time I went into El Paso, they remarked about the close proximity of the AAF very close by so I figure that they must have cloase calls often too.
USMCFLYR |
Of the +/-20 that have happened to US air carriers in the past 20 years, it is interesting that three have happened at the same airport when flying the same route.
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???? moved,,,,this topic will die now
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Ouch. Little retraining is a non-event, but the jabs they'll get from fellow pilots for a while will definitely have them double checking runways lol
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Originally Posted by Farmlover
(Post 1051559)
???? moved,,,,this topic will die now
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Originally Posted by DirectTo
(Post 1051561)
Ouch. Little retraining is a non-event, but the jabs they'll get from fellow pilots for a while will definitely have them double checking runways lol
I know one of the guys pretty well, he can take a joke. I bet he'll even make up a few jokes of his own. |
Originally Posted by Farmlover
(Post 1051559)
???? moved,,,,this topic will die now
Originally Posted by Al Czervik
(Post 1051562)
Yes. Dumb decision. It will be started again in the regional section ( where it belongs!)
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Originally Posted by flyjsh
(Post 1051565)
why, are you afraid it will get lost? :d
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Originally Posted by FlyJSH
(Post 1051564)
I hope that is all they get....
I know one of the guys pretty well, he can take a joke. I bet he'll even make up a few jokes of his own. Or, and I know this is a novel concept, how about certain FAA/ ATC procedures to help prevent this from happening in the future. After all, history tends to repeat itself....let's use some of this valuable information and correct the human factor issues surrounding the event. Wait, I'm talking all crazy again. Why would the FAA want to take information and use it to fix problem airports?!? :crazy: |
Cruise
Might not landing at the right airport be the PILOT's responsibility? After the ILS always ends at the runway. GF |
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