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    Commentary: Why Did a B747 DreamLifter Land at Jabara?

    Many people wonder how this could happen, given the advanced avionics coupled with the impressive training all 747 pilots receive. This is a difficult question to answer, but consider these facts: it wasn't the first time this has happened, as commercial flights have landed at incorrect destinations in the past. If history repeats itself, an errant landing will almost certainly happen again.
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    Fatigue, complacency and loss of situational awareness... Most likely the 3 main reasons behind this.

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    and a not so simple layout of three airports in line with each other under foggy/cloudy nighttime conditions.
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