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AS MUCH ROOM AS NORMAL TO STOP
THE PLANE.
>> Reporter: GROUNDED FOR 24
HOURS SOUTHWEST FLIGHT 3014 TOOK
OFF AND WAS FINALLY HEADED IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
REWIND TO SUNDAY NIGHT, TWO
VETERAN PILOTS AT THE CONTROLS
BUT IT APPEARS THEY MADE A
ROOKIE MISTAKE.
THE PLANE WITH MORE THAN 100
PASSENGERS ON BOARD SHOULD HAVE
LANDED AT BRANSON AIRPORT IN
MISSOURI.
INSTEAD IT TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT
SEVEN MILES AWAY.
THE 737 QUICKLY RUNS OUT OF RUN
WAY.
THE PILOT JAMS THE BRAKES AND
THE PLANE STOPS JUST 300 FEET
FROM A STEEP EMBANKMENT.
>> I HAD MY SEAT BELT ON.
IT WAS A GOOD THING BECAUSE WE
LUNGED FORWARD AND BRAKED FOR A
SUSTAINED TIME.
>> COULD THIS BE ANYTHING OTHER
THAN PILOT ERROR AT THIS POINT?
>>.
[ LAUGHTER ]
IT CERTAINLY POINTS IN THAT
DIRECTION.
>> Reporter: THE RUN WAY JUST
OVER 3,700 FEET LONG, ABOUT HALF
THE LENGTH OF THE RUN WAY AT
BRANSON.
MINUTES AFTER TOUCHDOWN A
CONTRITE PILOT.
>> REST ASSURED WE ARE SAFE AND
SOUND HERE.
THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
WE APOLOGIZE.
>> Reporter: THE RUN WAYS ARE
ONLY A FEW MILES APART, A
DIFFERENT GPS TECHNOLOGY WOULD
HAVE PICKED UP.
MARK WISE SAID THE PILOTS MUST
HAVE ASSUMED THE FIRST AIRPORT
THEY SAW WAS THE RIGHT ONE.
>> THERE IS ENOUGH COMPASSES IN
THE AIRPLANE TO VALIDATE WHAT
YOU WANT TO DO.