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Southwest flight lands at wrong Missouri airport
Associated Press ^ | Jan 13, 2014 11:35 AM (ET) | JIM SALTER

Posted on 01/13/2014 9:00:53 AM PST by DJ MacWoW

Federal officials are investigating why a Southwest Airlines flight that was supposed to land at Branson Airport in southwest Missouri instead landed at another airport about 7 miles away that only had about half as much runway.

Southwest Airlines Flight 4013, carrying 124 passengers and five crew members, was scheduled to go from Chicago's Midway International Airport to Branson Airport, airline spokesman Brad Hawkins said Sunday in a statement. But the Boeing 737-700 landed at Taney County Airport, which also is known as M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: airport; branson; piliterror; piloterror
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To: DJ MacWoW

I bet the first clue they had that they were at the wrong airport was when the captain had to stand on the brakes......


61 posted on 01/13/2014 11:59:31 AM PST by bergmeid (Resist we much!)
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To: bergmeid

Yup. Dead giveaway. lol


62 posted on 01/13/2014 12:07:57 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: edcoil

Brakes versus a go-around response seems to rule out instinct honed by carrier landings. The Taney county strip was about half length what they expected. Was the final tip-off a lack of commercial aircraft or facilities for such?


63 posted on 01/13/2014 12:59:32 PM PST by Ozark Tom
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To: DJ MacWoW

Wow, took a long time from when it happened last night to be posted here.

BTW it just took off a few minutes ago.


64 posted on 01/13/2014 1:11:25 PM PST by CARDINALRULES (Tough times never last -Tough people do. DK57 -- 6-22-02)
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To: bergmeid

Reminds me of an old pilot joke where just after screeching to a stop the pilot says: “Damn... This runway is really short!” And the copilot turns and says “yeah, but look how WIDE it is...”


65 posted on 01/13/2014 2:44:54 PM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
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