How could this happen..
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jetsy
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How could this happen..
A Polish passenger plane arriving in the Russian region of Kaliningrad mistakenly landed at a military airbase instead of the local civilian airport.
The plane, operated by Poland's Lot Airlines, landed at a Russian military airfield a few miles away from its intended destination of Khrabovo civilian airport, ITAR-Tass news agency reported.
Anyone knows details on this one?
Very vague here:
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_640283.html?menu=
The plane, operated by Poland's Lot Airlines, landed at a Russian military airfield a few miles away from its intended destination of Khrabovo civilian airport, ITAR-Tass news agency reported.
Anyone knows details on this one?
Very vague here:
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_640283.html?menu=
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From: The sarf coast
Don't know about this incident. However, in a former life I remember aircraft often made an unplanned fly through of Dishforth when they were actually after Leeming.
But hey, they were both just off the A1 and right next to a roundabout, could have happened to anybody - and you would be amazed how often it did
But hey, they were both just off the A1 and right next to a roundabout, could have happened to anybody - and you would be amazed how often it did
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jetsy
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Well...
It DID seem to happen before..
I've been given examples from the 60's (what , about forty years ago..) by some of you here. How often does it happen today, one lands at the military field by mistake....
???
It DID seem to happen before..
I've been given examples from the 60's (what , about forty years ago..) by some of you here. How often does it happen today, one lands at the military field by mistake....
???
The Reverend
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Also in the sixties, a Qantas 707 and an Air India flight landed at RAF Changi by mistake. Paya Lebar was the civil airport of Singapore at the time. However, both runways were 02/20, only a few miles apart.
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It's dead easy - just a combination of circumstances. As a Heathrow controller I've personal experience of:
a) A/c mistaking Northolt for Heathrow and ATC insisting that they turn left a bit!
b) A foreign 707, when told "12 miles from touchdown on 09L", having been turned onto the ILS at 4000 ft replied, no we're 150 miles from touchdown; our destination is Manchester".
c) A foreign DC8 landed at Heathrow and as he tirned off the runway said "!!!!!; we're supposed to be at Gatwick".
a) A/c mistaking Northolt for Heathrow and ATC insisting that they turn left a bit!
b) A foreign 707, when told "12 miles from touchdown on 09L", having been turned onto the ILS at 4000 ft replied, no we're 150 miles from touchdown; our destination is Manchester".
c) A foreign DC8 landed at Heathrow and as he tirned off the runway said "!!!!!; we're supposed to be at Gatwick".
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From: Under the clouds now
In the late fifities an RAF Comet, with the Duke of Edinburgh on board, landed at disused Takoradi in Malta instead of RAF Luqa. Taxiied round and took off again for the three mile flight. Won't mention the highly respected captain's name in case he is still with us.
Gnome de PPRuNe
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From: Too close to Croydon for comfort
I've heard that people landing at Omaha in Nebraska often landed at Offutt AFB by mistake - hence a comment appeared in one airline's flight briefing area: "keep off utt"!!
Alba Gu Brath
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Remember in the '80s while working at airfield in North Scotland, radar got confused between a P3 and an E3 and sent them both to the wrong place. Poor marshaller had a hell of a shock when the P3 he was expecting appeared to have a very large dinner plate on the top.