NTSB releases alert on preventing wrong airport landings

摘要

Washington-The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a safety alert intended to help prevent flight crews from landing at the wrong airports, following two recent nighttime incidents involving large commercial aircraft. In a November 2013 incident in Wichita, KS, and a Jan. 12 incident in Branson, MO, flight crews mistakenly landed at the wrong airports on runways about half the length of their destinations' runways. Although neither incident resulted in injuries or damage, NTSB stated that a serious incident could have occurred if the incorrect runways had not been able to accommodate the aircraft or contained other aircraft during the landings.