R.J. on closed runway?

[SkyBoy1981]

It was the first officers fault. It always is. Even if the CA was flying.

Thats not what the FAA says. imp:

4 stripes stands for "Its All My Fault"

 

[BOHICAgain]

4 miles out? Plenty of time to turn a downwind.. our books say 1-2 mile downwind.... it was just a bored controller over controlling every step of the way down . Its not like they were a mile out at 400 AGL

 

[BlueCanoe]

How come there were no articles written when mainliners lined up on the new, yet not open east runway in MCO everyday? MCO tower shoulda taped "Uh, you're not lined up on the east runway, it's not opened yet" Then a nice side-step maneuver to the proper runway.....

We all make mistakes. Musta been a slow day up in the armpit of FL

 

[Stifler's Mom]

If the public only new half the ******************** that happens!

 

[crzepilot]

4 miles out that still is a good ways out to realize something isn't right? So maybe that pompous b@I%Tch of a controller shouldn't have over reacted. Or maybe verified they where aware of the wrong runway.

 

[OPECJet]

Not that I was there or anything, but there is a runway at an airport that wasn't NOTAM'ed OTS to air carrier ops, and there was landing data for said runway on the release- noted OPEN and DRY.

If said alleged crew actually landed on this runway, and the airport manager let them know the runway was closed to airlines, and some FO whipped out the JEPPS and the release-

the look on his face was priceless... I hear.

PM me....

 

[DrewBlows]

PENSACOLA (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why a Northwest Airlink passenger jet attempted to land on a Pensacola Regional Airport runway closed for construction.

Well there's the problem, the jet attempted to land itself. It's a good thing the pilots regained control and were able to land safely. These guys are heros, they should be given a medal.

 

[Brasilia25]

Ask Continental why they landed a 757 on a taxiway last night in EWR while circling to land on runway 29. Sh*t happens I guess. Thats what they say.

 

[belchfire]

Ask Continental why they landed a 757 on a taxiway last night in EWR while circling to land on runway 29. Sh*t happens I guess. Thats what they say.

Dang, I thought all that wind was fracking with me last night! I guess I wasn't that fracked up!

Which way were they coming from? 4 miles isn't last minute in a rj, but I guess that the spokesperson thought it was an A-380 or something...

 

[Espalda Mojado]

Just saw a blurb about "regional jet lines up on closed runway".

Not to start anything, but anyone got the dope on this?

I heard it was PCL_128, but the ALPA thugs covered for him.

 

[SiuDude]

Which way were they coming from? 4 miles isn't last minute in a rj, but I guess that the spokesperson thought it was an A-380 or something...

This is the radar track. It appears they were initially set up for a straight-in to 17 and then entered a left downwind for 26:
http://map7.flightaware.com/flight_...parturetime=1159072980;arrivaltime=1159075980