Other recent wrong-airport mistakes reported in the United States include: ( VIDEO: Boeing jumbo jet takes off after 'oops' landing) The flight, which was arriving from New York JFK, was supposed to fly to the McConnell Air Force Base but instead landed about nine miles away at Jabara.

The specially modified 747 transport jet ended up at the small Colonel James Jabara Airport in an apparent mistake. The Southwest 737 involved in that incident had to brake hard and come to an abrupt stop ahead of a steep drop at the end of that airport's shorter runway.Īnd in November 2013, a massive Boeing “Dreamlifter” cargo plane landed at the wrong airport near Wichita. More recently, a Southwest Airlines flight bound for Branson, Mo., mistakenly landed at a much smaller municipal field nearby in January 2014. In fact, a similar incident involving the same airports also occurred in 2004 when a Northwest Airlines A319 also mistakenly landed at Ellsworth. flights have occasionally landed at the wrong airports before. In a statement to AP, the Air Force said Ellsworth base officials 'followed the proper procedures to address the situation.'

View Gallery: Behind the scenes at Delta Air Lines The carrier said it has contacted Flight 2845 passengers 'and offered a gesture of apology for the inconvenience.' Delta will fully cooperate with that investigation and has already begun an internal review of its own. The two airports have runways that are oriented nearly identically to the compass, from northwest to southeast.”ĭelta confirmed the incident in a statement, saying “the flight re-departed for Rapid City Thursday night after coordinating with officials.”ĭelta added in its statement that “the crew has been taken off-duty while an investigation commences by the National Transportation Safety Board. The Associated Press notes “Ellsworth is about 10 miles due north of Rapid City Regional Airport.

Paul with 130 customers Thursday evening and touched down at the Ellsworth Air Force Base instead of its intended destination at the nearby Rapid City Regional Airport. A Delta Air Lines flight mistakenly landed at the wrong South Dakota airport Thursday night, prompting an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.ĭelta Flight 2845 left Minneapolis/St.

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