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Delta pilots contact wrong tower while landing at LaGuardia

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A Delta flight was on its final approach to land at LaGuardia Airport, but the pilots were talking to controllers in the JFK tower about 10 miles away on the wrong radio frequency.

Breakdown
  • Pilots contacted JFK tower instead of LaGuardia while on final approach 21s
  • JFK controllers instructed pilots to switch to LaGuardia tower 36s
  • Pilots performed a go-around and landed safely after correcting error 1m 10s
  • FAA is investigating the incident 1m 20s
  • Aviation expert notes such errors are rare and should be learned from 53s
Aviation