Opps, someone is in big trouble.
Boeing 747 mistakenly lands at small Kansas airport Nov 21, 2013 5:01 AM EST A Boeing 747 jumbo jet mistakenly landed a tiny airport in Wichita, Kansas late Wednesday, raising questions about whether or not the plane will be able to take off.
KAKE.com reports that the jet used to haul 787 Dreamliner parts landed at Jabara Airport instead of its intended destination of McConnell Air Force Base.
A Boeing spokesman confirmed to The Wall Street Journal in a statement that the plane had landed on the 6,101-foot long runway and that "we are working to determine next steps."
Emergency crews in Wichita were not sent to the airport and no injuries or property damage were reported, KAKE.com reported. Boeing has reportedly dispatched a tug to turn the jet around.
Officials tell Fox News that the FAA is currently investigating the situation and findings will be released in the coming weeks.
Transcript
G: Giant 4241 heavy, the 747 Dreamlifter
M: Mc Connell Tower, multiple voices, not sure which is which.
G: Good evening Mc Connell Tower, Giant 4241 heavy is on the bit.. arr... GPS... RNAV GPS approach 19 left M: Giant 4241 heavy, Mc Connell Tower, wheels down runway 19 left, wind 140 at 4, cleared to land G: Clear to land runway 19 left, wheels down, Giant 4241 heavy M: Giant 4241 heavy [...] down G: Giant 4241, go ahead M: Giant 4241, [...] down and expect mid field turnoff at the double G: Giant 1440... 4241 we'll get back to here you momentarily, we're not on the approach M: Giant 4241 heavy, [the final?] is 9 miles south of you G: [...] we just landed at the other airport [...], Giant 4241 M: Giant 4241 heavy, Mc Connell, talk G: Ah yes sir, we got a... Uh, apparently we've landed at B E C M: Giant 4241 heavy verify, you're on the ground at BEC airport G: We think so M: Giant 4241 heavy, Mc Connell Tower, verify you are full stopped and landing stopped at BEC airport? G: Affirmative M: Giant 4241 heavy, Mc Connell Tower, are you able to make an approach, departure from that airport direct to Mc Connell G: Tower we're working on those details M: Roger G: And Mc Connell Tower, Giant 4241 heavy M: Giant 4241 heavy, Mc Connell Tower G: Yes sir, do you have a quick... is there a tower frequency here? For Beech? M: Giant 4241 heavy, Beech tower is actually closed at this time G: Okay. Is there a Unicom frequency? M: Giant 4241 heavy, stand by G: And one more thing, do you have the coordinates for this, for the airport? M: Giant 4241 heavy, stand by on that M: Giant 4241 heavy, I have the coordinates, when ready to copy G: Tower ready, go ahead M: Beech is Kilo Bravo Echo Charlie, North 3 7 degrees 41 point 6 4, West 97 degrees 1 2 point 9 0 G: Okay, lemme read those back. North 3 7 4 1 6 4? M: Affirmative G: Okay, then East 9 2 1 2 9 uh zero? M: West, 9 7 degrees 1 2 point 9 0 G: Sorry about that, can't read my own handwriting, West 9 2 1 2 decimal 9 0 M: West 9 7 1 2 deck 9 0 G: Okay, 9 7 1 2 decimal 9 0 G: All right, here's the coordinates we're showing currently for us: North 3 7 4 4 decimal 4, West 0 9 7 1 3 decimal 3 M: Giant 4241 heavy, roger M: Giant 4241 heavy, did you do a circle around the airport and then land, or did you make it straight in? G: Straight in, sir M: Giant 4241 heavy, roger M: Giant 4241 heavy, can you say your (???) M: Giant 4241 heavy, from the target we saw on the radar scope, you were overshot, the target was overshot at (???) airport, approximately 8 miles nort of Mc Connell airport, Unicom frequency is 1 2 3 point 7, say again 1 2 3 point 7 G: All right, this gentleman is giving us a frequency, we're going to try it out, 1 2 3 point 7 as well G: Mc Connell tower, Giant 4241 M: Giant 4241 heavy, in contact G: Yes sir, we're in contact with the company right now, we'll analyze our performance status M: Giant 4241 heavy, roger M: Giant 4241 heavy, affirm you know at which airport you are G: Well we think we have a pretty good code, let me ask you this, how many airports directly to the south of 19, uh 019 are there? M: Giant 4241 heavy, you're currently north of Mc Connell, and three along the glidepath G: (Background: Sorry man go ahead, something else.) We are showing about six miles north of you M: Copy, six miles north M: Giant 4241 heavy, affirmative, right now we just try to figure that G: Okay sir G: Tower, we just had a twin engine aircraft, turboprop aircraft go over the top of us M: Giant 4241 heavy, roger, it appears you are (???) G: Say again M: Giant 4241 heavy, we saw the plane on the radar and it appears you are at Jabara airport G: Say the name again M: Jabara G: Jabarrow? M: Giant 4241 heavy, that's J A A R R A G: Okay, all right, copy that G: Okay we also show we are just short, about a mile short of Warren(?) now M: Giant 4241 heavy, roger, yes, that's Jabara G: And Mc Connell Tower, Giant 4241 M: Giant 4241 heavy, contact G: Yes sir, looks like we do confirm it is Jabara M: Giant 4241 heavy, roger
There is going to be live streaming of the take off. http://www.kwch.com/news/local-news/boeing-dreamlifter-lands-at-jabara/-/21054266/23081256/-/oma90hz/-/index.html
