Apple Maps glitch directs drivers onto Alaska airport runway The first driver to follow these instructions on 6th September saw the passenger terminal straight ahead and drove across the runway. According to local reports airport security, TSA agents and police then "converged on the driver," after which the airport contacted Apple. "We asked them to disable the map for Fairbanks until they could correct it, thinking it would be better to have nothing show up than to take the chance that one more person would do this," said Melissa Osborn, chief of operations at the Fairbanks airport. However, the faulty map remains up and on 20th September a second driver followed exactly the same route. These folks drove past several signs. They even drove past a gate. None of that cued them that they did something inappropriate," said Osborn. The airport has complained to Apple to get the directions changed. Officials said it showed how much blind faith motorists put in directions from their phones. Melissa Osborn, chief of operations at the airport, told the Alaska Dispatch: "These folks drove past several signs. None of that cued them that they did something inappropriate.