Matt Molnar
2009-07-29, 11:30 AM
WING DING-DONG (http://www.nypost.com/seven/07292009/news/regionalnews/wing_ding_dong_181855.htm)
CONFUSED VA. PILOT TERRORIZES JFK
A blundering small-town pilot nearly caused a disaster over Kennedy Airport when he steered his single-engine plane for a landing in front of a Boeing 747 and forced controllers to reroute other airliners out of his meandering path.
Hundreds of lives were endangered around noon Saturday because 69-year-old John Prendergast of Sterling, Va., couldn't find his way to Republic Airport in Farmingdale, LI.
"I don't know what he's doing -- he's going everywhere," sputtered a controller as he radioed warnings of an "unknown aircraft" to passenger jets. [Full Article (http://www.nypost.com/seven/07292009/news/regionalnews/wing_ding_dong_181855.htm)]
CONFUSED VA. PILOT TERRORIZES JFK
A blundering small-town pilot nearly caused a disaster over Kennedy Airport when he steered his single-engine plane for a landing in front of a Boeing 747 and forced controllers to reroute other airliners out of his meandering path.
Hundreds of lives were endangered around noon Saturday because 69-year-old John Prendergast of Sterling, Va., couldn't find his way to Republic Airport in Farmingdale, LI.
"I don't know what he's doing -- he's going everywhere," sputtered a controller as he radioed warnings of an "unknown aircraft" to passenger jets. [Full Article (http://www.nypost.com/seven/07292009/news/regionalnews/wing_ding_dong_181855.htm)]