Woops ..

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Oh, the pilot did have a Tom Tom, but it takes time to get the correct drum beat to send and receive messages .....
 
If the runways at both airports are aligned, and there is a lot of other background lighting, its not as easy as you'd think. Especially if there is urban development close to the airports.

I sat in on a presentation where a 747 had lined up on the runway edge lights as the centre-line. We were all asking how a pilot could make such a basic mistake, until they put up a photo of what the pilot saw out the windscreen, versus what he should have seen if he was on the centre-line. Most of us couldn't tell which photo was the correct one. It was a stark reminder that night ops are so much more prone to errors.

I'm just gad that the runway they did land on was long enough.
 
All need to keep in mind that the eyes are not cameras. They send signals to the brain which in turn interprets (perceives) those signals and the brain can and does edit those signals, ignoring and adding data to fit pre-conceived notions. Reality and perception are sometimes 1:1 but not aways and this is especially true at night. While instrumentation is available we all know instruments can and do fail so when an instrument reading and perception are at odds perception ofton wins. Pilots in steep dives who perceived it as a climb or example, or chased Venus as a UFO
 
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