Air Force C-17 Globemaster Cargo Plane Lands at Wrong Airport

[katsung47]

Air Force C-17 Globemaster Cargo Plane Lands at Wrong Airport

Published July 20, 2012. By FidoSysop

TAMPA – Air Force officials are trying to figure out why an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo jet heading to MacDill Air Force Base instead landed at Peter O. Knight Airport this afternoon.


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Surprise. Well trained pilot made such a big mistake.

I wonder how those 911 hijakers who had no experience to control a Boeing could fly to their destination and accurately hit their target - all three of them. They must be genius.

 

[MuadDib]

Ooops!

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Ooops!

Augusta Ga has 2 airfields close together. The regional one is on the outskirts and the small one is inside the city. There is only one beacon. A commercial jet once landed at the small one by mistake almost r5an through the fe3nce trying to stop. With only one Beacon the new pilot whom had never flown to Augusta accidental picked the wrong field.

Probably something similar with the Air force plane. They had to get a special pilot and put little fuel in the commercial jet so it could take off.

 

[WillowTree]

Air Force C-17 Globemaster Cargo Plane Lands at Wrong Airport

Published July 20, 2012. By FidoSysop

TAMPA – Air Force officials are trying to figure out why an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo jet heading to MacDill Air Force Base instead landed at Peter O. Knight Airport this afternoon.


Air Force C-17 Globemaster Cargo Plane Lands at Wrong Airport | FidoSysop's Blog and Forums

Surprise. Well trained pilot made such a big mistake.

I wonder how those 911 hijakers who had no experience to control a Boeing could fly to their destination and accurately hit their target - all three of them. They must be genius.[/QUOTE]

No, they be dead!

 

[bodecea]

Air Force...

 

[Mad Scientist]

Air Force...

Shoulda' just done what the Navy pilots do when they mess up the approach!
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[daveman]

Air Force C-17 Globemaster Cargo Plane Lands at Wrong Airport

Published July 20, 2012. By FidoSysop

TAMPA – Air Force officials are trying to figure out why an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo jet heading to MacDill Air Force Base instead landed at Peter O. Knight Airport this afternoon.


Air Force C-17 Globemaster Cargo Plane Lands at Wrong Airport | FidoSysop's Blog and Forums

Surprise. Well trained pilot made such a big mistake.

I wonder how those 911 hijakers who had no experience to control a Boeing could fly to their destination and accurately hit their target - all three of them. They must be genius.

The main runway at Peter O. Knight is 3,580 feet long and 100 feet wide, aligned in the same direction as MacDill’s runway that is 11,421 feet long and 151 feet wide.​

The two airfields are pretty close together: https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=...E0B7z2tsfOWQ&oq=macdill&gl=us&mra=ls&t=m&z=13

Oh, and mods, prolly need to move this to the Conspiracy Shithole.

 

[Mr. H.]

I landed at a wrong airport once. I was lucky I didn't get killed. Obviously couldn't raise approach since I was on the wrong frequency, Kenneth.