The National Transportation Safety Board has issued two safety recommendations aimed at preventing wrong-airport landings like those in Wichita, Kansas, and Branson, Missouri, that attracted substantial media attention.
The Safety Board recommended to the FAA that controllers withhold landing clearance until the aircraft has passed all other airports that might be confused with the destination airport. The Board is also calling on the FAA to modify minimum safe altitude warning (MSAW) software to alert controllers when an aircraft could be headed for the wrong airport.
