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Turkish Airlines plane mistakenly lands at Georgian military base
Woops! A Turkish Airlines 737 on its way from Turkey to Tbilisi, Georgia (yeah, that Georgia) took a wrong turn somewhere and landed at a military airbase instead of Tbilisi International airport. The 2 airports are just under 5 miles apart, but in the world of aviation I'd say that is far enough apart to be called a pretty big mistake.
According to reports, the military airbase has a similar runway pattern to the commercial airport, and that this is already the 5th time a passenger plane landed at the wrong location.
The source article mentions that the choice of runway approach may (or may not) have been influenced by the recent crash involving a Turkish Airlines jet at Amsterdam airport.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jeff Apr 10th 2009 5:43AM
I read the source article, but I'm still a bit confused exactly how a crash in Amsterdam would influence a landing at the wrong airport in Turkey. Anyone else understand?
Scott Carmichael Apr 10th 2009 8:35AM
Same here - my guess is that Turkish Airlines instructed their pilots to not rely on instruments for an approach.
Kubilay Turkoglu Apr 24th 2009 8:48AM
I guess this is what a "butterfly effect" is. :)