Southwest Lands at Wrong Airport
01-12-2014, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Hueypilot
Even if I was in a Herk landing normally, and expecting a 7140' runway and saw half that after the wheels were on deck, it would still be pretty sporty. Can't imagine that happening in a B737.
Probably about the same feeling the C17 guys had in FL not too long ago.
And YES, I KNOW, the C17 is made for short field performance, just sayin'.......
01-12-2014, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by NuGuy
It can happen to anyone.
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I flew up to RAP one day and we both had a double take when we saw both RAP and RCA's runways lined up. Sure enough, a few months later a regional jet landed at RCA by mistake...easy to do there if you get even a bit complacent.
Not sure what happened in this case, but seems easy to confuse the runways there.
01-12-2014, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
I respect 99% of what you say, but I really hate when people say what you just said.
Originally Posted by Hueypilot
I flew up to RAP one day and we both had a double take when we saw both RAP and RCA's runways lined up. Sure enough, a few months later a regional jet landed at RCA by mistake...easy to do there if you get even a bit complacent.
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01-12-2014, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by John Carr
Those damn RJ's landing at the wrong airport up there!!!!!!!
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01-12-2014, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Hueypilot
Eh, it was 10 years ago. Memory seemed to serve up the image of a regional jet. Either way, those runways seem to have been designed to confuse pilots on a long visual approach.
But El Paso and a few others are part of the same evil conspiracy.
01-12-2014, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by John Carr
Why? It's a reality of flying airplanes. And who knows, IT COULD EVEN HAPPEN TO YOU.
Those damn RJ's landing at the wrong airport up there!!!!!!!
Northwest Airlines flight lands at wrong airport by mistake. - Free Online Library
Those damn RJ's landing at the wrong airport up there!!!!!!!
Northwest Airlines flight lands at wrong airport by mistake. - Free Online Library
As long as you keep the right amount of crosschecks in a modern jet airliner, it will never happen to you. Every one of these is a case where they bit off on what they saw and stopped their crosscheck.
It's like the guy that told me about landing with the gear up... "there are those who have and those who will." What??
01-12-2014, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
As long as you keep the right amount of crosschecks in a modern jet airliner, it will never happen to you.
But history has proven, and will continue to prove that "it can happen to anybody".
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