article_snippet: Crews must use navigational equipment - instead of relying on the human eye - after the incident near Newcastle's Williamtown airport, when Kooragang Island was mistaken for a landing strip, even though it is 19km away from the small terminal.
article_snippet: From a pilots perspective Williamtown airport, left, has similar features to Kooragang Island, right.
article_snippet: The plane’s crew were given clearance to approach Williamtown at about 7.30pm.
article_snippet: A report found Williamtown airport, north east of Newcastle, was difficult to identify among other features on the ground .
article_snippet: one captain is reported to have seen a ‘brightly lit row of buildings’ and believed a ‘brightly lit row of buildings’ to be a part of Wiliamtown airport.
article_snippet: Same, same but different: The Kooragang Island industrial area is located 19 kilometers from Wiliamtown airport .
article_snippet: After landing the pilot told authorities Wiliamtown airport was hard to identify as 'lighting conditions were darker than usual' due to 'cloud cover in the western sky.
article_snippet: A report found Williamtown airport, north east of Newcastle, was difficult to identify among other features on the ground.
highlights_snippet: A plane almost landed on a coal loader after pilot mistook A plane for an airport .
  
highlights_snippet: A report into the 2013 incident found Williamtown airport is hard to identify from the sky .
  