SWA lands at wrong Branson Airport

[jea]

"Don't worry folks I was an F-16 pilot in the Air Force, your in good hands!

HAHAHAHA this is the best post of the year!

 

[densoo]

Llllllllllllllllll

 

[Newkem]

Link to audio?

We heard the atlas / JBR debacle on tape. I'm guessing this one will be similar but with that Cowboy accent.

Slow it the phook down out there birdmen.

Thank GOD no one was injured.

 

[ackattacker]

Link to audio?

We heard the atlas / JBR debacle on tape. I'm guessing this one will be similar but with that Cowboy accent.

Slow it the phook down out there birdmen.

Thank GOD no one was injured.

LiveATC.net doesn't cover KBBG, which is where the pertinent audio would be. There will be tower tapes, but those don't generally become public.

 

[JCJ]

LiveATC.net doesn't cover KBBG, which is where the pertinent audio would be. There will be tower tapes, but those don't generally become public.

Tower (& other ATC) tapes are public record, available to anyone via FOIA request (and subject to FOIA exceptions).

Federal FOIA has some flexibility in response time so it will likely be a while before these are released (if someone requests them, which I am guessing someone will given the incident).

Glad no one hurt. Can a 737 with min fuel, min crew & no pax or cargo get back in the air w/ 3700 feet of runway?

 

[Flyarcticcat]

Tower (& other ATC) tapes are public record, available to anyone via FOIA request (and subject to FOIA exceptions).

Federal FOIA has some flexibility in response time so it will likely be a while before these are released (if someone requests them, which I am guessing someone will given the incident).

Glad no one hurt. Can a 737 with min fuel, min crew & no pax or cargo get back in the air w/ 3700 feet of runway?

Yes easy.

 

[densoo]

Can a 737 with min fuel, min crew & no pax or cargo get back in the air w/ 3700 feet of runway?

Easily.

 

[Golden Falcon]

So, what do the pilots tell the pax if they land at the wrong airport?

Sum ting wong...we puck up..so solly

 

[airplane wizard]

"Don't worry folks I was an F-16 pilot in the Air Force, your in good hands!

"logbook....."

"logbook...."

"logbook....."

 

[Newkem]

Tower (& other ATC) tapes are public record, available to anyone via FOIA request (and subject to FOIA exceptions).

Federal FOIA has some flexibility in response time so it will likely be a while before these are released (if someone requests them, which I am guessing someone will given the incident).

Glad no one hurt. Can a 737 with min fuel, min crew & no pax or cargo get back in the air w/ 3700 feet of runway?

Still waiting to see the CVR transcript from the LGA wheelbarrow debacle. Has that been published anywhere yet?

 

[tankerhead]

Blame it on AirTran.

I actually heard that Iran, not the Tran, is claiming full responsibility.

 

[tankerhead]

Did Branson's tower close?

 

[OldManPilot]

Was that RSW?

 

[Kharma Police]

This shizz can and has happened to every airline. You glass house punk b!tches better check yourselves and stop disrespecting my stepbruthas.

 

[75 Driver]

Having access to the FOQA data base...

this can and continues to almost happen to quite a few crews across the entire database of participants. Always set the approach or visual for the runway and verify the magenta line takes you to the same place as you see in the window.

 

[Pervis]

Machines break and people make mistakes, regardless of who's logo is on your napkins. No one was hurt, and we can all learn from these mistakes. I still fly with people into airports (frac world) I have never heard of who refuse to enter a centerline and GP into the FMS until I ask them to. Confidence is one thing. Refusal to use all available aids is beyond arrogant.

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Was it a classic?

 

[dalad]

Machines break and people make mistakes, regardless of who's logo is on your napkins. No one was hurt, and we can all learn from these mistakes. I still fly with people into airports (frac world) I have never heard of who refuse to enter a centerline and GP into the FMS until I ask them to. Confidence is one thing. Refusal to use all available aids is beyond arrogant.

Exactly, DAL had 2 incidents in the 1980's, Frankfurt and MacDill. A USAF C-17 recently did the same thing as well as the Gemini 747. One thing is for sure, it is inexcusable. Use your navaids, FMS, GPS.

 

[SpauldingSmails]

I've landed at this airport in past (with intent), if I recall there's a rather substantial Wiley Coyote drop-off down to a highway at one end. I'd bet there's was a couple bites missing out of the flight deck seat cushions.

 

[IslandDriver]

The pictures on The Today Show show a 700.

Can still draw a line on a classic. Just don't get a pretty picture. The HSI is centered though.

Like the above it happens at many airlines......

It can be avoided....I'll learn from these guys and hope I never do it!