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Delta plane mistakenly lands at military airbase
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| July 08, 2016
| Associated Press
Posted on 07/09/2016 6:37:51 AM PDT by r_barton
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Doh!
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posted on
07/09/2016 6:37:51 AM PDT
by
r_barton
To: r_barton
Cannot undo all those years of military training.
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posted on
07/09/2016 6:42:59 AM PDT
by
ptsal
To: r_barton
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posted on
07/09/2016 6:44:19 AM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
To: r_barton
8:42 pm? It was probably getting dark.
To: r_barton
8:42 pm? It was probably getting dark.
To: ptsal
But an unfortunate career limiting mistake. Too bad.
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posted on
07/09/2016 6:44:56 AM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
To: r_barton
“Ladies and gentlemen, there will be a longer than usual walk to the baggage claim area.”
To: r_barton
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posted on
07/09/2016 6:48:35 AM PDT
by
TruthWillWin
(The problem with socialists is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
To: r_barton
How does this happen ? Aren’t the pilots in contact with the controllers/ tower ?
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posted on
07/09/2016 6:48:50 AM PDT
by
csvset
( Illegitimi non carborundum)
To: Sequoyah101
Retraining is all. The sched’s need pilots and unless it’s a real serious mistake they’ll keep them.
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posted on
07/09/2016 6:50:21 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
To: r_barton
Some pilot is losing his license....
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posted on
07/09/2016 6:50:49 AM PDT
by
Mom MD
To: r_barton
I was stationed out there. This happens every couple of years. The base and the municipal airport are very close.
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posted on
07/09/2016 6:50:54 AM PDT
by
PJammers
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Mom MD
Only if he’s a white male.
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posted on
07/09/2016 6:51:49 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: csvset
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posted on
07/09/2016 6:53:01 AM PDT
by
CapnJack
To: r_barton
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posted on
07/09/2016 6:54:19 AM PDT
by
tflabo
(truth or tyrrany)
To: r_barton
I can see some passengers in the back following the flight on Google maps on their cell phones saying, “We’ve landed at the Air Force base!” ;-)
Maybe they should all chip in and buy the Captain a Garmin. ;-)
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posted on
07/09/2016 6:54:29 AM PDT
by
r_barton
(GO TRUMP!!!)
To: csvset
How does this happen ? Arent the pilots in contact with the controllers/ tower ?
ATC clears them for a visual approach ... pilots visually spot the runway at Ellsworth, which is parallel to the Rapid City runway, and separated by about 10 miles. Pilots don’t crosscheck ILS or other navaids.
It’s happened before.
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posted on
07/09/2016 6:55:01 AM PDT
by
OwenKellogg
(The enemy is hiding in plain sight.)
To: r_barton
Good thing it wasn't Area 51.
That would have presented...problems.
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posted on
07/09/2016 6:57:22 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
(Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
To: CapnJack
The pilot never was the same after losing his squad over Macho Grande.
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posted on
07/09/2016 6:57:23 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: csvset
Happens periodically in Tucson, the main TIA runway and the main DM runway are at almost the exact same angle, and less than a minute apart at jet speed. Yes they’re in communication with but when the distance is just a couple of miles by the time anybody notices you’re on the wrong approach you’ve probably already touched down.
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posted on
07/09/2016 6:59:56 AM PDT
by
discostu
(Joan Crawford has risen from the grave)
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