No one seems to be quite sure why it happened, but last night a Boeing 747 Dreamlifter cargo plane bound for McConnell Air Force Base landed at a different, much smaller airport 8 miles away. Rather than reaching its intended destination, the huge plane instead touched down at Jabara Airport, a facility so small that it doesn't even have a control tower on the premises.
The situation presented a late night challenge for Boeing and FAA officials: to successfully take off again, the Dreamlifter would need to use a runway much shorter than is typically required for the huge plane. According to CNN, the Dreamlifter usually needs 9,199 feet of runway when it's filled with cargo. Instead, Jabara gives Boeing just 6,101 feet to work with. But...
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