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Old Mar 5, 2007, 7:25 am
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WHBM
 
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A very rough estimate for commercial flights is something between 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 from a stabilised final approach to the runway. It is variable mainly by weather encountered, and also by location.

London Heathrow airport averages one a day. Sometimes none for a week, sometimes several in a day.

It is almost always unconnected with the airline; any carrier would normally have done the same thing from the same point in their approach.

I don't know why some get so worked up about them.
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