Southwest Wrong-Airport Pilot Surprised Air Controllers
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A Southwest Airlines Co. pilot told an air traffic controller, “I assume I’m not at your airport” after landing about seven miles away from his intended destination in Branson, Missouri.
The Branson controller, who wasn’t aware the plane had touched down, then called regional traffic managers in Springfield, Missouri, and asked if they had seen Flight 4013 land, saying the pilot believed he was at the wrong airport, according to a recording of the conversation released by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration today.