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  1. 25th March 2014, 11:07 AM #1
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    'I assume I'm not at your airport'

    "Are you kidding me?" a Springfield controller responded.

    ....and it is not a joke

    A Southwest Airlines pilot told an air traffic controller, "I assume I'm not at your airport" after landing about seven miles away from his intended destination in Branson, Missouri.

    The transcripts convey the sense of bewilderment from both the pilot and controllers about the January 12 incident.
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    Landing at night using visual cues and not instruments, the pilot had to slam on the brakes to stop the Boeing 737 at M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport in Branson, whose runway is only about half as long as the strip at the main Branson airfield.
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  2. 25th March 2014, 11:24 AM #2
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    I think the Chinese search planes did something similar when they landed at Perth instead of the RAAF base.


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  3. 25th March 2014, 11:49 AM #3
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    Maybe they hadn't gotten advance approval to land at an Australian air force base?
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  4. 25th March 2014, 01:14 PM #4
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    Well at least it was a good landing.

    Take off may be a little different.

    They will probably have to strip out thousands of kgs of interior fittings and carry minimal fuel to get Vr.
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  5. 25th March 2014, 03:14 PM #5
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    Seems this is a problem of all times....., even still today


    Wrong Way Landings By Commercial Airliners
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