XPost: alt.usenet.kooks, rec.aviation.piloting   
   From: AA@AA.AA   
      
   Eeyore wrote in   
   news:47EA4B21.D4CCA983@hotmail.com:   
      
   >   
   >   
   > Poster@nogwat.nl wrote:   
   >   
   >> HYDERABAD: In a slip up hours after the Shamshabad airport opened   
   >> for business,   
   >> a KLM flight from Amsterdam which was supposed to land at Hyderabad   
   >> skipped the airport and flew across the country first to Delhi and   
   >> then to Mumbai.   
   >>   
   >> Apparently the pilot knew nothing about the new airport   
   >   
   > Found elsewhere ..........   
   >   
   > " Now for some facts:   
   >   
   > - The crew filed to the new airport.   
   > - There was no confusion regarding opening status of the new airport.   
   > - The company has been closely monitoring the whole transition.   
   > - There were several KLM teams who have visited the new airport the   
   > final months before it was opened, including a delegation of flight   
   > operations. - The crew of KL873 made two approach attempts at the new   
   > airport. - On both attempts they had insufficient visual reference to   
   > continue descent below descent limit so on both occassions a go-around   
   > was made. - After the second go-around the crew decided to divert to   
   > Mumbai.   
   >   
   > How should I know this? Maybe my username gives a hint...... " (an   
   > MD11 driver).   
      
      
   You dont know it, fjukkkwit.   
      
      
   You're a planespotter, period.   
      
      
   Bertie   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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