Bizarre reason medical plane missed its runway A potentially disastrous chain of events led to a Royal Flying Doctor Service plane missing the runway at a far north Queensland airport.
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Subscriber only A BIZARRE chain of events has led to a plane missing the runway at Cairns Airport. A new investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has revealed a Royal Flying Doctor Service Beechcraft 200 aircraft was attempting to land after midnight on July 9 when a potentially disastrous set of circumstances unfolded. The pilot, carrying a supervisor, flight nurse and two patients, misidentified night aerodrome works as his landing runway with the plane s tyre smashing into an unused runway light.