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Not just Amtrak misroute this week, Airplane also lands at wrong Airport O7/)9/16

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Not just Amtrak misroute this week, Airplane also lands at wrong Airport O7/)9/16
Posted by CandOforprogress2 on Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:26 PM

Must be a full moon because in addition to Amtrak taking the wrong track a Delta Airliner landed at the wrong Airport in SD.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/09/us/delta-flight-lands-at-air-force-base/

and this has happened 5 times in the last few years-

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-aviation-landings-idUSKBN0NP21N20150504 

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Monday, July 11, 2016 8:53 PM

As long as ther have been airports planes have landed at wrong ones.  Commercial airlines I can remember is Dominican republic, San Juan, Ft Lauderdale, , Omaha, Washington National ( at old Boling AFB across Potomac ), McArthur field on long island, Wichita, Tucson, ElPaso ( Mexico ), New Orleans, Orlando.  And then are the close encounters being waved off at less than 1000 feet. l

Then there are the wrong runway landings and even landing on a taxiway ( happened in ATL )

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Posted by NorthWest on Monday, July 11, 2016 9:40 PM

A few more from the last few years:

(You may have some extraneous results.)

http://avherald.com/h?search_term=landed+on+wrong+airport&opt=0&dosearch=1&search.x=0&search.y=0

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