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Question: How could a passenger jet land at the wrong airport? Answer: Uh ...

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  • Controllers learned plane had landed at the wrong airport when pilots radioed them, source says
  • Southwest says it doesn't yet know why the jet landed seven miles from its intended airport
  • The pilots have been removed from flying duty pending an investigation, Southwest says
  • Taney County airport's runway is much shorter than Branson, where the jet was supposed to land
Map: Where it landed, where it didn't
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