Two Canadian CF-18s were on approach to land at Florida airport that hasn’t existed since 2010
But because of a minor in-field emergency at Tyndall, the CF-18s were diverted to Northwest Beaches International also in the same area. The Royal Canadian Air Force jets began their approach on what they believed was Northwest Beaches but instead turned out to be SweetBay, an airport that closed in 2010. “They spotted I guess it’s SweetBay Airport which is now closed and thought it was International,” Capt. Both CF-18s later landed at Northwest Beaches International. Screenshots below courtesy of the WMBB News 13 report show the closed runway at SweetBay.
Source: National Post February 10, 2017 17:26 UTC
