Video: C-17 lands at wrong airport

crownvic · 07-21-2012, 06:56 AM

Nice! all over the news here in Orlando...topic on A.net as well military section...3,000 ft runway at a civilian airport by MISTAKE! C-17 can easliy handle it as designed but Im sure the pilots are in for some grief..this small airport has the exact same runway configuration as Mcdill AFB and the runways are exactly aligned together 5 miles apart...

Craziest thing I've ever seen. C-17 lands at wrong airport. Not an airbase. #Tampa #MacDill #Screwedpilots

Ironclaw · 07-21-2012, 11:18 AM

Wow

And in vfr conditions as well

That crew is in big doo__ doo for sure.

Jamenator1 · 07-22-2012, 05:43 AM

will they be able to get that thing out of there, can a c-17 takeoff in that distance?

Adrian · 07-22-2012, 06:06 AM

So where does it say they didn't mean to land there, perhaps as a practice emergency in case they couldn't get in at McDill? All the voice on the video is saying is "Oh my God"? Perhaps the pilot had a different view and it would be good to hear what the pilot said afterwards and if he admitted it was a mistake.

Mystère · 07-22-2012, 08:51 AM

Craziest thing ? This guy has much to see, then.

Here more than once airliners made their approach on Brétigny AB rather than Orly Airport : same runways configuration and orientation, only some kilometers appart. Landing even happened, like in 1990 with an Egyptair 747 !

crownvic · 07-22-2012, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Jamenator1

will they be able to get that thing out of there, can a c-17 takeoff in that distance?

Yes there is video of it leaving that night using about half the 3,000 ft runway!

A Tupolev · 07-22-2012, 11:26 AM

If you look at both runways on a map, you can see how a mistake could be made by a pilot unfamiliar with the area with some cloud cover.

Maurice · 08-01-2012, 02:43 PM

amazing how fast it came to a full stop...

Can we confirm the plane took off without problems?

crownvic · 08-01-2012, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maurice

amazing how fast it came to a full stop...

Can we confirm the plane took off without problems?

Yes we can right here:
that is not me commenting either!
C17 Takeoff Wrong Airport - YouTube

Big Al · 08-02-2012, 06:00 AM

I guess he fancied doing a tribute to those fine USAAF colleagues who performed the Doolittle raid back in 1941. Just hope he doesn't try it on an actual aircraft carrier next time.