Northwest Flight Lands at wrong airport
 

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Central/0....ap/index.html

Someone is looking for a new job today :waaaaahh

hmmm, seems like there's more too it.

It's not your typical "landed on wrong runway" story.

wow, something sounds fishy

welcome to 2 days ago

Yeah since the pilots had the passengers close their window shades. I doubt the passengers would know the difference. Maybe the pilots didn't want them to see the f-16's about to shoot them down :helpme

glad they posted it.. I didnt know about this one:)

GFY Timemachine activated :winkwink:

parkin your car in the wrong place yeah

landin a plane in the wrong airport twat:1orglaugh

Better not happen to me. I'm going on a NW airplane flight tomorrow.

actually happens often in general aviation.

in certain parts of the country airports are in close proximity and have the same runway headings.

you descend out of the haze and you are on tower frequency and you see what you think is the right airport and you're talking to the controller and you instinctively head towards it without glancing at your gauges.

almost happened to me 20 years ago coming into long beach, luckily the controller caught it or i might have landed at a military base (this was in the days before GPS).

so it can, and does happen.

what are the penalties for landing accidentally on a military base?

The guards make you play with your pee pee.

Ya I heard about this the day it happened since I'm only 90 miles away. Weird shit for sure. All passengers got coupons for free airfare etc on their next flight for the mistake.

Houston we have a problem, will this cause the Pilot's license?

i must say that i laughed out loud (LOL) when i read this