Jumbo jet 'stuck' after landing at wrong airport

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Jumbo jet 'stuck' after landing at wrong airport

A Boeing 747 Dreamlifter cargo plane may be stuck at a minor airport in Kansas for some time after it apparently landed there by mistake.

The giant cargo jet was heading for McConnell air force base in Wichita but instead touched down at nearby Colonel James Jabara airport.

Local media report that the jet may be too large to take off from Jabara's 1,860m (6,100ft) runway.

Now Boeing are now saying it can take off from the shorter runway. I wonder if the guy who said that is going along for the ride when it trys that?

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dazwalsh said:

surely an empty 747 on mimimal fuel will get out of there, might have to wait for a decent headwind though.

That's if it landed empty !! Needs 2780 Mtrs to take of at full weight. Has got 1860 Mtrs avaliable. Only 67% of what it needs?

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Call Bruce Willis. Charlton Heston is dead.

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Call Bruce Willis. Charlton Heston is dead.