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| Massive cargo plane lands at wrong Wichita airport, now stuck there |
| 2013-11-21 |
A massive cargo plane bound for McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kan., from New York City landed at the wrong airport late Wednesday and is now temporarily stuck there. The Boeing 747 LCF Dreamlifter took off from John F. Kennedy International Airport at 7:26 p.m. and was cleared to land at McConnell, but instead landed at the much smaller Jabara Airport about 10 miles north. It's not entirely clear whether the Atlas Air flight landed at Jabara on purpose or by mistake. But audio captured by LiveATC.net suggests the Dreamlifter pilots informed McConnell's tower controller after the plane touched down, and did not realize where they were. |
| Posted by:Au Auric |
| #8 Yeah it does matter, cause all your shit is at home on the other carrier. |
| Posted by: Uninemp Crimble3015 2013-11-21 23:37 |
| #7 #6: The dude landed. In one piece. On a friggin carrier. Does it really matter which one? :) |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2013-11-21 23:31 |
| #6 Had a Tomkitty pilot land on the USS Nimitz. Nice 3 wire. Only thing is, he was looking for the Vinson, about 50 miles away. Those turn in the wind runways have big ol' numbers on them as well as the island. Tom Cruise not only has some 'splainin' to do, he had to buy the Line crew adult beverages cuz they had to remove all the zaps(stickers, paint flashes, etc) we put on that bird. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2013-11-21 23:06 |
| #5 Happened in Portland Ore years ago (early 80's), an airliner missed PDX and landed at little Troutdale Municipal Airport. They had to strip the entire interior out of it and absolute minimal fuel to fly it out and get the 10 miles to PDX. |
| Posted by: Uninemp Crimble3015 2013-11-21 22:51 |
| #4 I read in one story that the tower actually asked the pilot if he was landing at the right airport. I suspect a pilot can always ask the name of the airport before setting down. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-11-21 22:28 |
| #3 IANAP (I am not a pilot), but doesn't each runway have a unique frequency so that the pilot can tell when he is on the correct glide path? |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-11-21 21:33 |
| #2 ...although somewhat spectacular because it was a "74" and an actual landing occurred, mistaking these two airports is somewhat common. Night approach and landing to an (assumably) unfamiliar area and airport that looks, aside of size, remarkably similar to McConnell. Although the Left-Seater will have some 'splainin to do, ATC and their clearance procedures, given the above, will be looked at also... GPS? We don't need no stinkin' GPS... /s |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2013-11-21 20:01 |
| #1 Seattletimes.com has a video of it taking off; used every bit of that 6100 foot runway and did not have a lot of flaps deployed. sucked the gear up as soon as he had a positive rate of climb. think it was just a case of not liking the IAM, Kansas is a Right to Land state i believe, |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2013-11-21 19:26 |