Original Blog Entry: Pilot suspended after landing at wrong airport

truesee — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:15:40 GMT

Pilot suspended after landing at wrong airport

Burnley Express

Published Date: 24 April 2009

AN airline which is banned from flying to Europe has this week announced that it has suspended a pilot and co-pilot who landed at the wrong airport in Lusaka, Zambia.

The pilot for Angola's flag carrier TAAG landed the Boeing 737 at Lusaka City Airport when he should have landed at Lusaka International Airport during a stopover from Harare to Luanda in April.

Because this is a serious incident, Angola's Aviation Authority and TAAG have opened an investigation into the matter, a spokesman said.

TAAG regrets the grief this has caused to passengers and reiterates its promise to deliver a service with the highest security standards.

The state carrier was banned from EU airspace in 2007 but Angola expects the airline to be allowed to fly to Europe later this year.

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