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NTSB Says Delta Plane Landed at Wrong Airport
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/ntsb-delta-plane-landed-wrong-airport-40441922
A Delta Air Lines jetliner with 130 passengers on board landed at the wrong airport in South Dakota Thursday evening, said a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the incident.
The Delta A320 landed at Ellsworth Air Force Base at 8:42 p.m. Central Time Thursday, when its destination was an airport in Rapid City, board spokesman Peter Knudson said Friday.
Ellsworth is about 10 miles due north of Rapid City Regional Airport. The two airports have runways that are oriented nearly identically to the compass, from northwest to southeast.
Delta Flight 2845 had departed from Minneapolis.
Delta has contacted the passengers "and offered a gesture of apology for the inconvenience," the airline said in a statement.
The crew has been taken off-duty while NTSB investigates, the statement said. "Delta will fully cooperate with that investigation and has already begun an internal review of its own," it added.
The Air Force said in a statement that said base officials "followed the proper procedures to address the situation" and ensured the safety of those at the base and passengers.
The base did not immediately respond to a request for information about the specific procedures and whether air traffic controllers at the base where in contact with the pilot and authorized the landing.
NTSB Says Delta Plane Landed at Wrong Airport
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/ntsb-delta-plane-landed-wrong-airport-40441922
A Delta Air Lines jetliner with 130 passengers on board landed at the wrong airport in South Dakota Thursday evening, said a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the incident.
The Delta A320 landed at Ellsworth Air Force Base at 8:42 p.m. Central Time Thursday, when its destination was an airport in Rapid City, board spokesman Peter Knudson said Friday.
Ellsworth is about 10 miles due north of Rapid City Regional Airport. The two airports have runways that are oriented nearly identically to the compass, from northwest to southeast.
Delta Flight 2845 had departed from Minneapolis.
Delta has contacted the passengers "and offered a gesture of apology for the inconvenience," the airline said in a statement.
The crew has been taken off-duty while NTSB investigates, the statement said. "Delta will fully cooperate with that investigation and has already begun an internal review of its own," it added.
The Air Force said in a statement that said base officials "followed the proper procedures to address the situation" and ensured the safety of those at the base and passengers.
The base did not immediately respond to a request for information about the specific procedures and whether air traffic controllers at the base where in contact with the pilot and authorized the landing.
