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Lake Charles bound plane lands in Carlyss by mistake. Colgan Air.
CARLYSS, LA (KPLC) - It happened again. Passengers aboard a Continental Express plane bound for Lake Charles were delayed after the plan landed outside of Carlyss by mistake Wednesday night. (www.kplctv.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Pilots mistakenly landed at an airstrip rather than a Regional Airport.
I'm sorry, but don't Colgan's aircraft have Flight Management computers or at least GPS in them? I can somewhat understand this if you are conducting a flight completely under VFR conditions and on a VFR Flight Plan, but at the airline level?? Really??
that is embarrassing for the company....and the industry
Light beacons can be confusing, localizers not so much.
Wow. Looking at the localizer approaches for runway 15 at each airport, I still don't see how the heck an instrument/private rated (let alone a commercial/instrument rated) pilot can mistake one for the other. Take a minute to *listen* to the localizer. UXL sounds a lot different from LCH in Morse code.
And even VFR, the airport layouts are quite different. "Hmmm... I thought KLCH had 2 runways" should be the first clue you're at the wrong airport.
And even VFR, the airport layouts are quite different. "Hmmm... I thought KLCH had 2 runways" should be the first clue you're at the wrong airport.
[https://flightaware.com/live/flight/CJC3222/history/20110908/0235Z/KIAH/KLCH Tracking Link]