A Delta Connection flight narrowly avoided disaster after the pilots accidentally contacted JFK’s control tower instead of LaGuardia moments before final approach. Audio obtained by CBS News shows the crew of Flight 5752 from Washington D.C. attempting to confirm a landing at “Runway 4″ at LaGuardia... while speaking to JFK tower, prompting confusion. “2-mile final, where?” the tower asked, adding: “This is Kennedy tower, please go to LaGuardia tower.” The pilot responded sheepishly: “Oh my goodness. Alright.” Another pilot listening in reportedly muttered, “That’s crazy.” The flight then switched to LaGuardia tower and circled safely for landing. Robert Sumwalt, the former chair of the NTSB, told CBS: “If the airplane had landed at LaGuardia without receiving landing clearance, it would have been a very bad mistake. I flew for 31 years, I was an airline pilot for 24 years, I’ve not heard of this particular error occurring.” The mishap follows an Air Canada crash at LaGuardia last week, which killed two crew members and injured 41 when a landing plane collided with a rescue truck.
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