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gbwarming Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 01:20 AM
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47. Umm.. yes. Perhaps not routine, but at least occasional
You manually set the radio frequency the same way on a 767 as you do on any light plane, so yes, it is easy to either miss the frequency change instruction or copy the new frequency incorrectly, dial in the wrong frequency, select the wrong radio to listen to (or turn the volume too low) or the wrong radio to transmit on. It usually gets sorted out quickly.

We nearly landed a Cessna 182 at the wrong airport once. You might think that professional airline pilots couldn't do that either, but they do occasionally:
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/TRAVEL/NEWS/03/15/wrong.airport/index.html
TWA jet unknowingly lands at wrong airport

March 15, 2001
Web posted at: 9:19 AM EST (1419 GMT)

CRAIG, Colorado (CNN) -- A TWA jetliner carrying 116 passengers and six crewmembers landed safely at the wrong airport Wednesday, a mistake that wasn't realized until the pilot notified puzzled air controllers he "was on the ground" and the MD-81 was stuck in mud, a sheriff's spokesman said.
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"The pilot of TWA Flight 641 notified the Yampa Valley control tower that he was on the ground. However, the Yampa Valley Airport is about 20 miles away," said Holford.
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Dozens more wrong airport incidents
http://www.thirdamendment.com/wrongway.html
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