Air Ambulance lands at wrong airport...
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"German crew, chartered by an insurance co, told to go to Kristiansund, Norway."
The flight was probably booked by the insurance company directly or through a broker. Either way the operator would have signed off on paperwork for this charter. The paperwork would cleraly indentify the destination as ENKB and that is were they crew would flight plan for.
My guess is that the original error was made by the company that booked the charter. Operator most likely completed the flight as required and billed the insurance company for the additional flight required to position to the correct airport.
The flight was probably booked by the insurance company directly or through a broker. Either way the operator would have signed off on paperwork for this charter. The paperwork would cleraly indentify the destination as ENKB and that is were they crew would flight plan for.
My guess is that the original error was made by the company that booked the charter. Operator most likely completed the flight as required and billed the insurance company for the additional flight required to position to the correct airport.
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About 15 years ago, a passenger checked in for a MANX Airlines flight from Dublin to Ronaldway.
Got it wrong on aircraft selection and boarded a Russian aircraft. Passenger in question finished up with a night in the slammer in MINSK!
No visa you see.
Got it wrong on aircraft selection and boarded a Russian aircraft. Passenger in question finished up with a night in the slammer in MINSK!
No visa you see.
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Given the attitude a certain high rankin, pipe smoking chap in AERO DIENST shows amongst other operators, I cannot refrain from feeling some malicious joy...
However, AD is probably on of the best operations in Germany and usually the pilots receive a flight order, containing all the information needed, from ops - they in turn usually get their stuff (orders) from ADAC (german car drivers club - like the AAA) in Munich.
However, AD is probably on of the best operations in Germany and usually the pilots receive a flight order, containing all the information needed, from ops - they in turn usually get their stuff (orders) from ADAC (german car drivers club - like the AAA) in Munich.
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When I first came to the jolly old US of A, I lived in New York, but I had to take a trip down to Dallas. I had a ticket, but it was a couple of hundred bucks. I called around asking for prices to Dallas and I managed to get one for about a hundred.
I was fortunate that I soon found out I was now booked to Dulles, which is in Washington DC.
That's how I know that the airport in Dallas is always called DFW and why I think Bearcat's response was appropriate. It's a very easy mistake to make and wasn't necessarilly made by the flight crew.
I was fortunate that I soon found out I was now booked to Dulles, which is in Washington DC.
That's how I know that the airport in Dallas is always called DFW and why I think Bearcat's response was appropriate. It's a very easy mistake to make and wasn't necessarilly made by the flight crew.
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Daifly: I have been on the Palma/Parma once, where operations/sales made the error, we even warned that this customer would usually go to Palma, but they told us off. When I briefed the flying time, they thought it was unusually fast as what they were used to so that same operations got quite red ears.
Embarrassing, but it happens, and many airports of this world can be mistaken! Dakkar and Dhakar, Santiago (in both Spain and South America, possible in other countries as well) and the list goes on.
It seems quite obvious that the flight crew does not navigate 350 nm off, but that the planning of the trip has gone wrong seems more probable ...
Embarrassing, but it happens, and many airports of this world can be mistaken! Dakkar and Dhakar, Santiago (in both Spain and South America, possible in other countries as well) and the list goes on.
It seems quite obvious that the flight crew does not navigate 350 nm off, but that the planning of the trip has gone wrong seems more probable ...
