Serious incident to the Airbus A320 registered N333NW operated by Delta Airlines on 07/07/2016 at Ellsworth [investigation led by NTSB / USA]

Preliminary data from the U.S. authorities :

Aircraft landed at wrong airport.

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General information
Local date	07/07/2016
Responsible entity	United States - NTSB
State or area of occurrence	United States
Location	AD Militaire Ellsworth AFB
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2016-0387

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	United States - Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A320
Aircraft Registration	N333NW
State of registry	United States
Last departure point	United States of America - KMSP (MSP) [MSP] Minneapolis, Mn/Minneapolis-st Paul Intl/Wold-chamberlain
Planned destination	United States of America - KRAP (RAP) [RAP] Rapid City, Sd/Rapid City Rgnl
Flight phase	Approach
Serial number	0329
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

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