It was bound for Tulsa, Oklahoma, for refueling and would go back in service, she said. The airplane took off on Monday afternoon with a new flight crew, Agnew said. Southwest apologized to passengers, is refunding the cost of their tickets and giving them travel credits, she said. Southwest is looking into "all the circumstances" that led the captain to land at the wrong airport, Agnew said.Īfter landing at the wrong airport, passengers were taken by ground transportation to the correct airport and then were flown to Dallas on another jet later on Sunday, she said. The plane left Chicago Midway Airport on Sunday on a flight to Dallas Love Field with a planned first stop in Branson, a musical entertainment and tourism mecca in southwest Missouri. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the mistaken landing but had no other comment, spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said. Graham Clark Downtown Airport instead of at Branson Airport, the main commercial air strip near Branson, which has a much longer runway, Southwest said in a statement. Southwest Airlines suspended two pilots from flying on Monday after their jetliner with 124 passengers landed at the wrong airport near Branson, Missouri, late on Sunday, a spokeswoman said.Ī Southwest captain, who has worked 15 years for the airline, and a first officer were removed from flying duties pending a federal investigation of the landing, said Michelle Agnew, a Southwest spokeswoman. A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet takes off at Midway Airport in Chicago, Illinois.
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