Pilot accidentally lands at unfinished airport- oops!

[Nzrbh]

Ethiopian Airlines pilot mistakenly lands at unfinished airport | DW | 05.04.2021

The plane's nonappearance took its original destination in Zambia by surprise. As the pilot informed air traffic control that he was about to land, they told him: "We can't see you."

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[MsHighAltitude]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

This is why Kelsey said to back up a visual approach with instrument navigational aids when talking about Air Canada 759. Had the Ethiopian flight tuned into the VOR-DME at the destination airport, the DME (distance measuring equipment) would've shown how many miles they were from the destination airport.

 

[Nzrbh]

Thanks. I accidentally put unfurnished in the heading instead of unfinished. It may have been both lol.

 

[Roichi]

Two hours later a company airplane tried the same but did a go around at 50ft.

The Aviation Herald

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[MsHighAltitude]

Two hours later a company airplane tried the same but did a go around at 50ft.

The Aviation Herald

Aviation Herald - News, Incidents and Accidents in Aviation

avherald.com

Nice....

Look at the relative sizes of the two airports! It's like going to land at Santa Monica but ending up at LAX.