If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) -- Two pilots at the controls of a Northwest Airlines flight when it landed at the wrong airport have been suspended from flying pending an investigation, an airline spokesman said Monday. Northwest spokesman Kurt Ebenhoch said the two pilots "have been held from service" until the review is complete. No other details were released. The flight carrying 117 passengers to Rapid City, S.D., veered off course Saturday and landed at nearby Ellsworth Air Force Base. The plane remained on the ground for more than three hours as the pilots told Air Force security officers what went wrong, and a new crew was dispatched to continue the flight to Rapid City. Air Force Lt. Christine Millette said the pilots reported that they were in contact with Rapid City controllers on their approach when they descended into a cloud. When the plane came out of the cloud, the first runway the pilots saw was the one at Ellsworth. Millette said the two runways are about 7 miles apart and parallel to one another. |
#12
|
|||
|
|||
"John A. Weeks III" wrote in message ...
In article , WalterM140 wrote: http://www.startribune.com/stories/1631/4837686.html Heard a thing like this a few years ago; they thought they were landing in Amsterdam, turned out to be Frankfort, as I recall. They did this about a decade ago with one of the smaller planes, either a 727 or DC-9. The crew landed at the Wausau, Wisconsin, This is not an uncommon situation in the airline world. A 737 landed at Cabaniss field instead of CRP a few years ago... That was a little like this last incident. The crew popped out of the overcast and there was a runway lined up in front of them....A check airman did that one I understand... And not one, but two, EMB-120s landed at Sulphur instead of Lake Charles just weeks apart. Both were from the same airline. |
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
NAS and associated computer system | Newps | Instrument Flight Rules | 8 | August 12th 04 05:12 AM |
rec.aviation.aerobatics FAQ | Dr. Guenther Eichhorn | Aerobatics | 0 | April 1st 04 08:27 AM |
Here's the Recompiled List of 82 Aircraft Accessible Aviation Museums! | Jay Honeck | Home Built | 18 | January 20th 04 04:02 PM |
Conspiracy Theorists (amusing) | Grantland | Military Aviation | 1 | October 2nd 03 12:17 AM |
NZ plane lands safely with help from USAF | Jughead | Military Aviation | 0 | July 6th 03 10:23 PM |