Wrong Airport

hz2p · Post by **hz2p** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:44 am

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/Central/ ... index.html

CLguy · Post by **CLguy** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:22 am

Oh well shit happens!! There have been a couple of Canadian Carriers who have done the same thing over the years!! At least no one was hurt!!

N2 · Post by N2 » Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:54 am

To me that is inexcusable in this day and age to screw up like that! Hell even my little Airmap 1000 can guide me to the right airport, and their systems are much more sophisticated.

Bcn-In-Bnd · Post by **Bcn-In-Bnd** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 10:44 am

N2
Never ever say NEVER.

mcrit · Post by **mcrit** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 11:13 am

Heard this over teh radio many years back. I was taxiing out getting ready to depart off of 33 at London, had checked the approach and was just about to call for clearance.

"London Tower GABC, short final 33 full stop"

"GABC London Tower, negative visual contact, pull up go around"

This was a severe clear day. So I called up, took off. There where two repeats of the same exchange, and then:

"GABC, negative visual, pull up go around"

"London Tower, LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOW! I'M RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!"

"GABC, look down into the centre of the runway pattern, do you see a big white half finished radar dome?"

"....... uhhh....negative"

"GABC, that's because you are over Waterloo-Wellignton, 25 miles NE of me. Their frequency is 125.00. I think they want to talk to you"
Argue

yycflyguy · Post by **yycflyguy** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 11:41 am

While building time for a commercial licence I planned a flight from YYC to Boundary Bay. Called them 10 miles out, got the winds, altimeter and all that good stuff and was told to enter a downwind pattern..... about the time I called downwind it occured to me; shouldn't there be some water or a "Bay" here at Boundary Bay? Yes, there is no significant body of water at Abbottsford. Next transmission went something along the lines of "got a piece of paper and a pencil? Abbottsford tower would like to talk to you after you land.

Although it is a pretty big SNAFU to land an Airbus full of passengers at the wrong airport, I have seen many airports in close proximity (under 5 miles apart) with simular runway configs..... definately leaves some egg on the face.

hz2p · Post by **hz2p** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 12:09 pm

Anyone remember the woman, a few years back that with the help of some coaching from Brampton Unicom, landed on RWY 33 ... at yyz?

Of course, Transport didn't do whack her. If it was a guy that made the mistake, they would have yanked his licence for a year. Typical politically-correct discrimination.

Snowgoose · Post by **Snowgoose** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 12:42 pm

Crap happens, I agree. The hard part for me to swallow is how they did it in an Airbus. All the info is on the screens. Plus their routing should be all in the FMS. Once assigned their runway they should have selected it and the autopilot would have steered them to it. The guys I knew at Air Can rarely ever hand flew them, all computer.

Unless I am missing something here?

Bcn-In-Bnd · Post by **Bcn-In-Bnd** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 1:35 pm

Should ATC be blamed for any of this

"...UMM, guys where ya go-en"