A massive cargo plane bound for McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kan., from New York City landed at the wrong airport late Wednesday and is now temporarily stuck there.
The Boeing 747 LCF Dreamlifter took off from John F. Kennedy International Airport at 7:26 p.m. and was cleared to land at McConnell, but instead landed at the much smaller Jabara Airport about 10 miles north.
It's not entirely clear whether the Atlas Air flight landed at Jabara on purpose or by mistake. But audio captured by LiveATC.net suggests the Dreamlifter pilots informed McConnell's tower controller after the plane touched down, and did not realize where they were.
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Seattletimes.com has a video of it taking off; used every bit of that 6100 foot runway and did not have a lot of flaps deployed. sucked the gear up as soon as he had a positive rate of climb.
think it was just a case of not liking the IAM, Kansas is a Right to Land state i believe,
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...although somewhat spectacular because it was a "74" and an actual landing occurred, mistaking these two airports is somewhat common. Night approach and landing to an (assumably) unfamiliar area and airport that looks, aside of size, remarkably similar to McConnell. Although the Left-Seater will have some 'splainin to do, ATC and their clearance procedures, given the above, will be looked at also...
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IANAP (I am not a pilot), but doesn't each runway have a unique frequency so that the pilot can tell when he is on the correct glide path?
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I read in one story that the tower actually asked the pilot if he was landing at the right airport.
I suspect a pilot can always ask the name of the airport before setting down.
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Happened in Portland Ore years ago (early 80's), an airliner missed PDX and landed at little Troutdale Municipal Airport. They had to strip the entire interior out of it and absolute minimal fuel to fly it out and get the 10 miles to PDX.
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Had a Tomkitty pilot land on the USS Nimitz. Nice 3 wire. Only thing is, he was looking for the Vinson, about 50 miles away. Those turn in the wind runways have big ol' numbers on them as well as the island.
Tom Cruise not only has some 'splainin' to do, he had to buy the Line crew adult beverages cuz they had to remove all the zaps(stickers, paint flashes, etc) we put on that bird.
The highest honor bestowed by Congress, the Congressional Gold Medal, was awarded to the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska in appreciation for the selfless code-talking work done by five Tlingits during both world wars.
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The invasion of Tarawa Atoll was the second American offensive in the Pacific after Guadalcanal. On 20 November 1943, an aerial bombardment of carrier-based Dauntless dive bombers preceded the amphibious landings. The shore was defended by a maze of bunkers and interlocking gun positions so well-entrenched that the preliminary bombardment had little effect. Once the bombing lifted, the island's defenders were able to take up defensive positions and began repelling incoming landing craft. The majority of the Higgins boats got hung up on the barrier reef surrounding the island, forcing the Marines inside to jump over the side into neck-high water and wade hundreds of yards to shore, all the while under constant machine gun and artillery fire. Amphibious tractors, also known as Amtrak's or LVTs (Landing Vehicle Tracked) fared slightly better as they were designed to climb over obstacles and land on shore. Over the course of the day, more than half of the Allied landing craft were destroyed by Japanese mortars and light artillery.
[Bangla Daily Star] Uganda's government risked spurring further opposition protests on Tuesday by signalling it would bring charges against a former presidential candidate at the heart of violent unrest in 2011.
Kizza Besigye, who has lost to President Yoweri Museveni in three elections, led protests after the last presidential poll in early 2011 which were fuelled by alleged vote-rigging, corruption and high commodity prices.
He has since been jugged Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! several times at public rallies and although he stepped down last year as leader of Uganda's biggest opposition party, Forum for Democratic Change, police have kept him under close scrutiny.
Besigye was arrested along with Kampala mayor Erias Lukwago on Tuesday evening as he addressed supporters in the capital.
"He's still with us and we're preparing charges related to inciting violence," police front man Ibn Ssekumbi said yesterday. "We'll take him to court any time from now."
Police said Lukwago would also be charged with inciting violence.
Besigye and other opposition figures has said he intends to speak at rallies in support of Lukwago after a judicial tribunal declared him incompetent and recommended that he be impeached.
The tribunal, which was appointed by a minister, has been widely criticized by the media as partisan and aimed at thwarting opposition influence in Kampala's administration.
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[Washington Post] Christmas came early here in Venezuela, thanks to President Nicolas Maduro, who has slashed the prices of big-screen televisions and appliances by 60 percent or more for his overjoyed followers.
On Wednesday, a day after being granted extraordinary powers to enact broad measures without congressional approval, the leftist government began moving quickly to combat skyrocketing inflation and shortages of basic goods. But in deepening a socialist experiment begun by his late predecessor, Hugo Chavez, Maduro is taking Venezuela on a new, uncertain course that economists and political analysts say could make matters far worse.
Among his plans is to limit profit margins across broad sectors of the economy, a course that some analysts say is more radical than Chavez-era policies.
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and when the shelves are empty cause all the existing goods are gone ("looted" at low prices by the commies), where are the goods coming from to restock the shelves? Is anyone stupid enough to pay X$ for an item only to be force to resell it at X-Y$?
When does the decree come to force everyone into slave labor?
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..about as close as you can get would probably be Pinochet. Though the immodest behavior of others concerning that 'retirement' will probably cause all others to give up only when they die.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Turkey's parliament is deadlocked over efforts to draw up a new constitution aimed at enshrining democratic values and replace a military-drafted charter, a ruling party politician said Wednesday.
A special cross-party parliamentary commission set up to write a replacement for the charter introduced by the military junta after a 1980 coup is set to be formally dissolved after failing to make any significant progress.
"The parliamentary commission tasked with writing a new constitution could not produce any article over the last four months," Ahmet Iyimaya of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) told AFP.
He said it was unlikely a new constitution -- a key pledge of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's latest term in office -- would be ready before a general election in 2015.
One of the major disputes over the constitution lies with plans by Erdogan's AKP to introduce an executive presidential system in the predominantly Moslem but staunchly secular state.
Observers say Erdogan -- who has been prime minister for 11 years -- is hoping to change the constitution to give the president U.S.-style executive powers before running for the post himself next year.
The current presidency, held by Abdullah Gul since 2007, is largely a symbolic post.
Political parties in the 550-seat parliament have been working since 2011 to replace the current constitution which was drafted by the powerful military after the 1980 coup.
But little progress has been made.
"It looks difficult to write a new constitution before the general elections," Iyimaya said.
The commission has succeeded in reaching a compromise on 62 articles but discord remains on numerous articles including citizenship and language rights.
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...might be interesting to see who gets cut... I'm guessing it'll only start with Publicans.
The Obama administration has ordered a government-wide reassessment of how almost 5 million Americans have been granted classified information security clearances and whether each person currently approved to see sensitive national security secrets truly has a need for such access.
Reeling from National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowdens leaks of top-secret surveillance programs and mentally computer contractor Aaron Alexiss deadly shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard, the intelligence community is coming to the conclusion that the sheer number of personnel with clearances is making the government and the country as a whole vulnerable to a slew of dangers.
[Pak Daily Times] At least five students were wounded during the clash between two rival groups in University of Karachi on Wednesday. The clash occurred between two rival groups at the university and later both the groups resorted to baton charge on each other, thus resulting injuries to at least five of them. Later both the groups dispersed, as the Rangers personnel reached the site. Police said some miscreants were taken into custody and later released because no complaints were lodged by anyone.
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Not an issue of which wine & cheese serves best with Iona?
[Pak Daily Times] International Islamic University (IIU) President Prof Dr Ahmed Yousaf al-Draiweesh on Wednesday said Islam provided equal rights and opportunities to women so that they could excel and contribute to the development of the society.
He was speaking at a seminar titled 'Women Entrepreneurship in Pakistain; Opportunity and Challenges' organised by the IIU Faculty of Management Sciences (FMS).
He said there was no disparity based on gender in Islam and women had equal rights to groom themselves in all walks of life, following the core tenets of Islam.
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Some countries knock off folks they don't agree with and try to make it look like an accident. Some folks (Al Capone included) have to deliver a message. This guy will probably get blown to smithereens, and nobody will mistake it for a gas leak.
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He's right, its right there in the Quran (if my English language translation of the Quran is correct).
Because most Muslims and like most Christians in that they don't read the Quran or the Bible and rely on the Imam or Pastor to give them the true skinny on what is contained there in, most Muslims, particularly the semi-illiterate and isolated, believe women are breeding stock and farm labor...according to their Imam.
Islam is infected with a lot of Imams who are misogynists and xenophobes. The lack of a viable central authority to bring the idiots to heel means it only takes one nutjob Imam to pollute the theology. AND this leads to Islam being a backward looking and reactionary religion.
Most of the problem with Islam is the most vocal are the most irrational...computers, science, medicine, vaccines, if it is not in the Quran, it is unIslamic...geez the Quran was written over 1200 years ago...
Islam will always have this problem until the more literate and more rational start policing the faith for those whose delusional ramblings and crazy fatwss discredit the rest.
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I think the crayon means the 72 virgins (which are always 'virgin' and don't have menstrual periods) are much like a brick or a rock is a 'virgin' - it simply doesn't have the equipment to be 'deflowered'.
[Pak Daily Times] As many as six people were killed and five others sustained injures in an armed clash between two groups of the Khosa tribe near the Manjhad Town of District Jamshoro on Wednesday. According to police, the armed clash took place over a dispute of property in which six people identified as Anwar Khosa, Mumtaz, Ali Akbar, Javaid, Abdullah and one unidentified person were killed while five others sustained injuries. The bodies of the dear departed and the injured were shifted to the Civil Hospital, Hyderabad. The police have registered cases against men from both groups.
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It began thousands of years ago with something called the.....knockout game.
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It's the natural conclusion of entitlement mentality. They want us to give them money to help them protect themselves from themselves. The problem is, I can see our side capitulating out of perceived guilt.
An LG Smart TV owner in the United Kingdom has shockingly discovered that his device is sending unencrypted data over Wi-Fi containing TV watching habits, as well as file names from external storage units hooked up to the TV to an LG website, even though the TVs privacy settings should have prevented such behavior.
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In an effort to combat perceived discrimination, one Portland school seems to have gone off the deep end by suggesting peanut butter and jelly sandwiches carry racist connotations, Twitchy reported Monday.
According to the Portland Tribune, Verenice Gutierrez, principal of Harvey Scott K-8 School, "picks up on the subtle language of racism" on a daily basis.
"Take the peanut butter sandwich, a seemingly innocent example a teacher used in a lesson last school year," the Tribune said.
What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches? Gutierrez asked. Another way would be to say: Americans eat peanut butter and jelly, do you have anything like that? Let them tell you. Maybe they eat torta. Or pita.
"Insert flabbergasted face," the Twitchy staff wrote.
One person asked on Twitter: "[W]hat's the verdict on grilled cheese? Racist? Sexist?"
"The food at my kids' schools hates everyone," tweeted Melissa Clouthier.
With the suggestion that a sandwich is racist, Twitchy said the discussion on race "has moved beyond slack-jawed incredulity into total self-parody territory."
"What is racist about a childs lunch, one might ask? Peanut butter and jelly, of course! You racists probably even use black currant jelly sometimes. On white bread," Twitchy added.
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Then again, who's insane here? The PC lunatic Gutierrez who "picks up on the subtle language of racism" on a daily basis. Or the sheeple idiots that bend over and allow her to get away with it?
It's the 50th anniversary of the medal created by President Kennedy, and President Obama included a tribute to JFK in his remarks. The award is "presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors," says the White House.
The American version of being knighted by the Queen.
"Individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States." Perhaps we'll see Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty honored in 2017...
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Apparently the Presidential Medal of Freedom has become a trophy you get for just showing up.
Perhaps we'll see Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty honored in 2017.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
The invasion of Tarawa Atoll was the second American offensive in the Pacific after Guadalcanal. On 20 November 1943, an aerial bombardment of carrier-based Dauntless dive bombers preceded the amphibious landings. The shore was defended by a maze of bunkers and interlocking gun positions so well-entrenched that the preliminary bombardment had little effect. Once the bombing lifted, the island's defenders were able to take up defensive positions and began repelling incoming landing craft. The majority of the Higgins boats got hung up on the barrier reef surrounding the island, forcing the Marines inside to jump over the side into neck-high water and wade hundreds of yards to shore, all the while under constant machine gun and artillery fire. Amphibious tractors, also known as Amtrak's or LVTs (Landing Vehicle Tracked) fared slightly better as they were designed to climb over obstacles and land on shore. Over the course of the day, more than half of the Allied landing craft were destroyed by Japanese mortars and light artillery.
[Washington Post] Christmas came early here in Venezuela, thanks to President Nicolas Maduro, who has slashed the prices of big-screen televisions and appliances by 60 percent or more for his overjoyed followers.
[Pak Daily Times] At least five students were wounded during the clash between two rival groups in University of Karachi on Wednesday. The clash occurred between two rival groups at the university and later both the groups resorted to baton charge on each other, thus resulting injuries to at least five of them. Later both the groups dispersed, as the Rangers personnel reached the site. Police said some miscreants were taken into custody and later released because no complaints were lodged by anyone.
[Pak Daily Times] International Islamic University (IIU) President Prof Dr Ahmed Yousaf al-Draiweesh on Wednesday said Islam provided equal rights and opportunities to women so that they could excel and contribute to the development of the society.
An LG Smart TV owner in the United Kingdom has shockingly discovered that his device is sending unencrypted data over Wi-Fi containing TV watching habits, as well as file names from external storage units hooked up to the TV to an LG website, even though the TVs privacy settings should have prevented such behavior.
