British holiday jet lands in wrong place - Thomson Airways

vicwatson

:eek::eek:


On the Taxiway

http://uk.travel.yahoo.com/p-promo-3361639

blankname!

How on earth did they make that mistake?

drdeadlift

It really annoys me they cant get the right plane in the shot.




"Thomson Airways maintains its aircraft to the highest standards and has an excellent safety record. The airline would like to reassure customers that incidents of this type are extremely rare and that their safety is our first priority at all times.

Two pilots cant read the chart right,theres the problem.

Blue Punto

Its not the first time its happened and something tells me it wont be the last

IngazZagni

Having checked the images on Google maps I can see how the pilots made this error. However that doesn't excuse the apparent lack of briefing and preparation for their approach here.

By the looks of it the taxiway was a runway at some stage in the past and the overrun area could confuse you on final approach if you didn't prepare properly.

http://g.co/maps/4rjxe

Nforce

IngazZagni wrote: »

Having checked the images on Google maps I can see how the pilots made this error. However that doesn't excuse the apparent lack of briefing and preparation for their approach here.

By the looks of it the taxiway was a runway at some stage in the past and the overrun area could confuse you on final approach if you didn't prepare properly.

http://g.co/maps/4rjxe

Is that a pair of Shackleton's and a Canberra off the west end of the taxiway?

Blue Punto

Nforce wrote: »

Is that a pair of Shackleton's and a Canberra off the west end of the taxiway?

WL747 and WL757 both MR2/AEW2 machines
WR967 is/was there on the fire dump too
Owned by Marios Ioannou
Website is www.cyprusshackeltonparts.com

there is/was also another shackelton XF700 in the old Nicosia airport but in what condition is another thing

The aircraft behind the two Shacks is an MD Flamant

280special

Blue Punto wrote: »

there is/was also another shackelton XF700 in the old Nicosia airport but in what condition is another thing

Still there on google earth but looks like a real mess, much worse than the Trident and not much better than the Tu 104 that crashed and burnt out !

Plowman

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David086

I think a Ryanair aircraft done the same too.

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Yeah happened in Cagliari with Ryanair.
However the taxiway they landed on had been used as an active runway up to 3 days before that.
Still dosent excuse it though.