Mistaken airport landing could have put dent in Boeing Dreamliner production
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/11/21/2905750/boeing-dreamlifter-makes-successful.html
A man takes a photo of the Boeing 747 LCF Dreamlifter from the back of his truck, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, after the aircraft accidentally landed at Col. James Jabara Airport in Wichita, Kan. Wednesday night. Boeing says the Dreamlifter, a 747 jumbo jet used to haul parts for construction of its new 787 Dreamliner, landed safely at Jabara, about eight miles from McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita where it was supposed to land. (AP Photo/Wichita Eagle, Jaime Green) LOCAL TV OUT; MAGS OUT; LOCAL RADIO OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT JAIME GREEN AP
Mistaken airport landing could have put dent in Boeing Dreamliner production
By John Gillie
Staff writer
November 21, 2013 Updated 22 minutes ago
A short crisis brought on by the mistaken landing of a behemoth Boeing at a small Kansas airport could have become a much larger headache for Boeing if the plane hadn't been able to takeoff from the airport's short runway Thursday afternoon.
The 747 Dreamlifter lifted off successfully about 11:15 a.m. Pacific Time Thursday from Jabara Airport and headed immediately to its correct nearby destination, Wichita's McConnell Air Force Base.
But had pilots and engineers determined that the plane was too large to use the runway for takeoff or if it had been damaged or destroyed in landing, Boeing could have been scrambling to find a way to replace it.
The Jabara runway is 6,100 feet long. The McConnell runway stretches 12,000 feet.
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