A Boeing Dreamlifter cargo jet, with a cargo hold among the largest by volume, accidentally landed at the wrong airport in Kansas Wednesday night, and was unable to take off due to the short runway. According to KWCH News, this type of plane requires 9,200 feet to take off whereas the runway at the airport is only 6,101 feet.
CNN has some details:
Late Wednesday night, the plane, which was bound for McConnell Air Force Base from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, missed its mark by about 12 miles.
It ended up at the much at the much-smaller Jabara Airport on Wichita’s northeast side.
Jabara has no control tower and normally doesn’t handle jumbo jets.
Some eyewitnesses tweeted pictures of the stranded plane:
Tweets say @Boeing Dreamlifter has landed at Jabara Airport KAAO in Wichita, Kansas, possibly by mistake, and is now too big to take off!
— Tim Jue (@timjue) November 21, 2013
https://twitter.com/jr_graybill/status/403388765005029376
“Dreamlifter stuck at Jabara Airport.Landed at the wrong airport & now it's too big to take off. pic.twitter.com/iSACwcA9Hz” @AndrewThoms67
— Jordan Thoms (@Lummix66) November 21, 2013
Emergency dispatchers confirm Boeing is bringing in a tug to turn around the #dreamlifter at Jabara. It's going 10 mph near 21st & Webb.
— KWCH Eyewitness News (@KWCH12) November 21, 2013
These pilots be like whoops
— alex (@wsushox22) November 21, 2013
A dreamlifter landed at Jabara. Lolz
— alex (@wsushox22) November 21, 2013
Can we get a dreamlifter lifter?
— alex (@wsushox22) November 21, 2013
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