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epshifty
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Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 06:15 AM UTC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25034358
Jessie_C
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Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 07:31 AM UTC
747s have absolutely amazing takeoff performance when they're empty. The question is whether this one's empty and if not whether it can be unloaded without stranding the load.

Sadly, one certain outcome of this is a flight crew looking for new employment
warreni
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Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 07:42 AM UTC

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747s have absolutely amazing takeoff performance when they're empty. The question is whether this one's empty and if not whether it can be unloaded without stranding the load.

Sadly, one certain outcome of this is a flight crew looking for new employment


And they have even more amazing navigation performance.. You are right about looking for new employment... and they may not be the only ones..
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Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 08:00 AM UTC
I watched the takeoff on live news feed..aside from either asphalt or grass being tore up behind the engines, it was very uneventful. Like the comentator had said... if the plane had landed at any other airport nearby they could have just taxied back to the runway and taken off to the right airport... ohhhh well!
Jessie_C
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Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 08:24 AM UTC

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And they have even more amazing navigation performance.. You are right about looking for new employment... and they may not be the only ones..


Being fair to the crew, they were flying night VFR in geographically restricted airspace, with three very similar runways in close vicinity to each other. Still an avoidable circumstance, but more easily understood.
dcook11
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Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 08:35 AM UTC
Why would you fly one of those heavies VFR? As a retired controller, I can't think of a single reason. At least they should have had VFR Radar
Flight Following.
Jessie_C
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Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 08:53 AM UTC
Okay, after reading more about the incident, I know a bit more. They weren't flying VFR, but the visual cues confused them and they landed at the wrong airport. It's poor airmanship, but it's been known to happen, even in broad daylight.
ianclasper
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Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 04:21 PM UTC
Here is the video showing its departure !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOvB8ZleHCk

I bet they drained most of the fuel from its tanks.

They should have given the plane the "Wrong Carrier" treatment that was handed out to Navy Flyers when they got it wrong:



Ian
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