A bad day at work can probably safely be called what happened to the pilot on one of Ethiopian Airlines’ planes, which landed at the wrong airport on Sunday. When the plane was about to land in Zambia, it turned out that the plane was over an airport under construction, writes CNN.
The original route from Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa to Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe Airport did not go as planned. Instead, the plane landed at Zambia’s new Copperbelt airport, which is still unfinished and ready for use, over two miles away.
The incident did not create unexpected confusion at the plane’s original landing site.
When the billion-dollar airport was completed, they discovered that it was useless
– Had no control
– When the pilot was about to land, the tower had contact with him. They said “we can not see you”. He had no control, but still managed to land, says secretary of the Zambian Ministry of Transport, Misheck Lungu, to AFP.
According to Ethiopian Airlines, work is still underway to investigate how the error could have occurred. The Zambian Civil Aviation Administration is also involved.
