Wrong Airport Blunder

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http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...217074,00.html

Wrong Airport Blunder
Updated: 19:03, Wednesday March 29, 2006



A pilot who landed his passenger jet at a military airbase by mistake has been questioned by aviation authorities.

Thirty-nine passengers and six crew were on board the Ryanair flight from Liverpool, which was due to touchdown at City of Derry airport.

But it landed at neighbouring Ballykelly air field - five miles short of its intended destination.

Passengers laughed at first, when the pilot announced: "Ladies and gentlemen, we have landed at the wrong airport.

"I would ask you to be patient with us."

One passenger said: "I looked out and saw army officers everywhere. It was just unbelievable."


The travellers were eventually coached to the correct destination.

The jet was grounded on the orders of aviation authorities, who demanded an immediate investigation.

Ryanair confirmed the blunder and said, in a statement, that the flight was operated by Eirjet on behalf of Ryanair.

It said: "This incident arose as a result of an error by the Eirjet's pilot who mistakenly believed he was on a visual approach to City of Derry airport."

"The Eirjet pilot was cleared by Air Traffic Control in City of Derry for a visual approach and mistook the nearby Ballykelly for City of Derry."

It added that such a mistake had never happened throughout its 20-year history.


lol, only in n.i

[Steve]

lmao

[Scott]

"we have landed at the wrong airport"

[VooDoo-]

rofl ... that's good ...

they don't have a GPS system to prevent this kinda thing?

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Originally posted by VooDoo-
rofl ... that's good ...

they don't have a GPS system to prevent this kinda thing?

they do, but the 2 airports were 5 miles apart, so he prob thought his instruments were wrong lol

[VooDoo-]

GPS systems are pretty acurate though :S like .. the one i have on our boat is only off like .. a foot ...

pretty funny though lol

[Hellfighter]

i lander on wrong hill landing zone, we were off by 30miles or so. co-polite was reading the map upside down and said to land over there at that hill top. most of the time he right on the money, but that time he was feeling sick not to good that day. lol

funny things can happen when you think to hard or look at something thinking it right there, lol

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Originally posted by VooDoo-
GPS systems are pretty acurate though :S like .. the one i have on our boat is only off like .. a foot ...

pretty funny though lol

yeah but whenever ur instruments show 1 thing and you see an airport outside your window.. what you think? lol

[Lakie]

Well, at least they didnt try to land on a busy "highway", probably the same pilots...
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/...200003862.aspx

click factual information...

incidentally that airline s out of business now...