InquiringMind
21st Apr 2016, 03:12
Hi there,
I'm a reporter working on an aviation-related story. I'm trying to determine if a Boeing 727-31 recorded flying over Florida in 2009 was indeed that plane. I've heard control towers sometimes make typos when noting a plane's tail number, leading to mistaken identity.
I'd so appreciate it if you could take a look at the plane's track log on Flightaware, and lend your opinion on whether it's possible this is a 727. It was flying low and slow, but I'm not sure about the reliability of the groundspeed and altitude readings in the track log data.
The circumstances of this flight are murky. The plane filed a visual flight plan mid-flight. It said it was landing at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport -- but apparently never ended up landing there. The track log covers only a snippet of flying time. There's no word on where the plane took off from, or where it ultimately landed.
N220NE ? FlightAware (http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N220NE)
I'm a reporter working on an aviation-related story. I'm trying to determine if a Boeing 727-31 recorded flying over Florida in 2009 was indeed that plane. I've heard control towers sometimes make typos when noting a plane's tail number, leading to mistaken identity.
I'd so appreciate it if you could take a look at the plane's track log on Flightaware, and lend your opinion on whether it's possible this is a 727. It was flying low and slow, but I'm not sure about the reliability of the groundspeed and altitude readings in the track log data.
The circumstances of this flight are murky. The plane filed a visual flight plan mid-flight. It said it was landing at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport -- but apparently never ended up landing there. The track log covers only a snippet of flying time. There's no word on where the plane took off from, or where it ultimately landed.
N220NE ? FlightAware (http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N220NE)