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An American Airlines crew almost landed at the wrong airport in Florida
We don’t know what the captain of an American Airlines flight uttered after mistaking Page Field for Southwest Florida International, and almost landing an Airbus A320 at the general aviation airport in Fort Myers on Thursday. But the language probably was stronger than “Oops.” Thankfully, air traffic controllers directed the aircraft to the right airport where the FlightAware tracking software indicates it landed about 25 minutes late. According to a statement from the Federal Aviation… (www.msn.com) 기타...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Was a controller at Sacramento... 10 miles east is McClellan AFB... one late night.. UA descending from over the Sierras from the east... "I have the field in sight"...radar guy "cleared for visual approach, contact tower"... I watched the big UA DC8 line up with McClellan... because everything we said was recorded and because pilots/controllers covered for each other back then (late 1970s) I transmitted "United 281 you can start your right turn now to enter base leg to runway 16" pilot realized his error made a big right turn and landed uneventfully... talked to him later on non-recorded phone... said had long day..delay at ORD...in and out of Reno..to Sacramento and eventually to SFO... we're all human.. pilots covered my errors couple of times, too!
Wonder how many times that conversation has occurred at ELP?
Many times, I'm sure Bentwing.
My shortest X-C flight was from BIF-ELP in a PA28R for a ride with the Fed's for a CFII ratng back in the day. Great ATC comm made it happen. After ELP tower agreed, Biggs AAF tower cleared me for takeoff on Rwy 21 with an immediate left turn to final for ELP Rwy 8 (at the time no L & R) and contact ELP tower prior to takeoff. No need or time to raise and then lower the gear.
My shortest X-C flight was from BIF-ELP in a PA28R for a ride with the Fed's for a CFII ratng back in the day. Great ATC comm made it happen. After ELP tower agreed, Biggs AAF tower cleared me for takeoff on Rwy 21 with an immediate left turn to final for ELP Rwy 8 (at the time no L & R) and contact ELP tower prior to takeoff. No need or time to raise and then lower the gear.
Same-same, ADS 15 to DAL 18. Made it without touchin anything but the throttles and flaps in 3 minutes in a Saber 60. The radio was the thing.
Done LGA to HPN a couple of times, North departure with quick left to land on 34 at HPN in several small jets. Good thing we had a crew of 2!
My shortest flight was Paris. LFPG De Gaulle to LFPB Le Bourget. Literally 2 minutes! Left flaps at takeoff 20° and never touched gear in a G550.
Another shorty was a scheduled 2 minute UA flight from Oakland to San Francisco. One wheels down "S" turn over the bay. Frequent Flyers used it to rack up a quick 750 miles, the minimum for a scheduled UA flight.