C-17 Lands at the Wrong Airport

Ooopsy daisy. The Air Force isn't yet calling Friday's incident an accident, but that hasn't kept anyone from jumping to conclusions. After all, who among us hasn't nodded off at the $200 million wheel? Who will cast the first Chinook? "I'm quite sure the crew was embarrassed," said Deric Dymerski, president of Atlas Aviation, the company that runs ground operations at Peter O. Knight Airport. "They weren't on our frequency. They just showed up. "They obviously, well, I'm speculating, mistook it — all appearances are they mistook the airport for MacDill Air Force Base." The aircraft, as wide as a football field and as tall as a five-story building, was headed to the base after supporting Central Command operations in southwest Asia, according to the Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. Read more at http://www.tampabay.com/news/military/macdill/c-17s-landing-at-wrong-ai…