Silk Way West Boeing 747-8F Makes Emergency Landing in Dallas After Flying Past Houston
A Silk Way West Boeing 747-8F made an emergency landing at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) on Tuesday after apparently flying to Dallas instead of its intended destination of Houston.
Flight 7L5722, operated by VQ-BVB, departed Mexico City's Felipe Ángeles International Airport (NLU) at 7:29 AM local time. The aircraft had only 6,000 pounds of fuel remaining when its pilots declared Pan-Pan over the Dallas area.
The crew requested immediate vectors to Runway 26R at Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), but Dallas-area controllers rejected that plan and directed it to nearby DFW after determining it could not safely continue to Houston.