Pilot thought building was runway

A charter flight carrying more than 100 passengers went off course on landing at Dublin Airport after lights from a near-by building were mistaken for the runway, it emerged today.

Pilot thought building was runway

A charter flight carrying more than 100 passengers went off course on landing at Dublin Airport after lights from a near-by building were mistaken for the runway, it emerged today.

The plane was on approach at 11.34pm on August 16 when it deviated from its course and dipped below the Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA), without the runway in view.

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