烏龍一：
美鐵火車前往紐約市，錯開到賓州小鎮
一名搭乘美鐵火車前往紐約市的乘客在推特貼出照片，指出被載錯站到賓州小鎮，大批乘客受困火車站。(取材自推特)
開車迷路似是家常便飯，但火車也會走錯方向？美國鐵路(Amtrak)一列客車日前在北上駛往紐約市時，就因變換軌道錯誤，而接上賓州地區性捷運系統，最後“落腳”費城附近一處小鎮。美國鐵路已就這起烏龍展開調查。
美國鐵路664班次豪華特快車，14日上午11時45分搭載130名乘客離開費城30街車站後，因機師錯過一個信號，而駛出美國鐵路的專用鐵軌。這列火車駛上賓州東南捷運系統(SEPTA)專用的地區性軌道系統後，朝西行駛了約四哩。
賓州官員表示，這列迷路的火車最後沿著賓州捷運系統的Cynwyd支線行駛，最後停在賓州蒙哥馬利郡(Montgomery
County)的巴拉辛魏德鎮(Bala Cynwyd)。
美國鐵路和賓州捷運系統人員在獲報後，隨即趕至現場，並把乘客載離。當時火車上乘客布芮奇‧庫克在“推特”上說：“美鐵把我們載錯方向，現在我們已受困，也無法回頭。”
這列火車最後在賓州捷運系統人員的導引下，駛回費城，車上乘客則改搭另一列火車前往紐約。賓州捷運系統發言人潔芮‧威廉斯說：“所有人都非常幸運，因為當時軌道上正好沒有捷運列車行駛，沒有任何一名乘客陷入危險。”
Cynwyd支線是6.1哩長的單一軌道支線，從賓州捷運系統的郊區車站，至終點站巴拉辛魏德鎮；在該地區13條捷運線中，是載客率最低的支線，平均每天僅載客622人。
美國鐵路發言人舒爾茲表示：“該公司已展開調查，列車司機也暫時被停職。”
烏龍二：
PLAN LANDS AT WRONG AIRPORT
(FILE: The
super freighter "Dreamlifter" aircraft, carrying the massive wings
for the first Boeing 787 "Dreamliner," is towed into position after
it's arrival from Japan, Tuesday, May 15, 2007, in Everett, Wash. The tail of
the specially designed 747 freighter swings open for huge payload that is
unloaded using the largest cargo loader in the world. (AP Photo/Elaine
Thompson)
A massive
cargo plane bound for McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kan., from New York
City landed at the wrong airport late Wednesday and is now temporarily stuck
there.
The Boeing
747 LCF Dreamlifter took off from John F. Kennedy International Airport at 7:26
p.m. and was cleared to land at McConnell, but instead landed at the much
smaller Jabara Airport about 10 miles north.
t's not
entirely clear whether the Atlas Air flight landed at Jabara on purpose or by
mistake. But audio captured by LiveATC.net suggests the Dreamlifter pilots
informed McConnell's tower controller after the plane touched down, and did not
realize where they were.
"Ahh —
yes, sir, we just landed at the other airport," one pilot informed
McConnell.
No one was
hurt and no property was damaged, according to the City of Wichita. The Federal
Aviation Administration said it is investigating.
In a
statement, Boeing confirmed the plane landed safely, but offered no further
details.
"A
Dreamlifter bound for McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita safely landed this
evening at nearby Col. James Jabara Airport instead," Boeing said.
"We are working to determine next steps and will have additional
information in the morning."
Meanwhile,
the Dreamlifter — a giant, modified 747 that can hold 65,000 cubic feet of
cargo — is sitting at Jabara, which has no control tower and normally doesn't
handle jumbo jets, according to CNN.
A tug that
was sent with a police escort to turn the jumbo jet around broke down en route,
KWCH-TV reports. It eventually arrived.
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