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Ryanair aircraft lands on the wrong runway

Cagliari, Italy - No damages or problems for the passengers

At 11:30 a.m. on Easter eve, a Ryanair B-737 jet landed on the alfa taxiway at Cagliari airport instead of the runway. A bulletin, released by SOGAER (Cagliari airport operator), says that "Flight assistance devices like AVS (light visual signals), ILS (Instrumental Landing System) and Calvert approaching path, were on duty according to regulations for the runway in use. The new configuration of airport...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1102827
Rome, Italy, 04/14/2009 16:49
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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