The NTSB releases new information on last year 's wrong airport landing in Missouri . The plane 's pilots say the on - board computer was correctly programmed . The first officer had flown into the airport on one previous occasion , but during daylight , investigators said . But they visually identified the wrong airport . The pilots did n't realize they were at the wrong airport until the plane had landed .
The NTSB releases new information on last year 's wrong airport landing in Missouri . The plane 's pilots say the on - board computer was correctly programmed . But they visually identified the wrong airport . The pilots did n't realize they were at the wrong airport until the plane had landed .