Dreamlifter lands at wrong airport - TravelMole


Dreamlifter lands at wrong airport

Friday, 22 Nov, 2013 0

The huge cargo plane that landed at a tiny Kansas airport by mistake yesterday has safely taken off.

There had been fears the Boeing 747 Dreamlifter was too big to take off, because the runway at Colonel James Jabara Airport, where it landed, was not long enough and the airport does not have a control tower.

The aircraft was supposed to have landed at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, nine miles away.

However, Brad Christopher, of the Wichita Airport Authority, said the plane, which has a wingspan of 211.5ft (64.44m) and is more than 235ft long, was safe for a normal departure.

An investigation is being carried out into what went wrong.



 

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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.



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