Originally Posted by
todd325
On the same note, I was on an AA flight landing in STL a few years ago, and the pilot did the same thing, except the wheels actually touched the runway before he lifted back up. Why on earth would ATC even let a pilot get that close to the runway if it's not safe to land?
Uncommon, but not altogether unusual....
A similar situation (again AA) in which I was a passenger occurred years ago when DFW was young. An a/c that had already landed out on one of the West Perimeter runways had been held "short" at one of the taxiway crossings South of the terminals, while a/c in the immediate approach pattern landed. My flight was last in line, descending over Grapevine toward 18R. Apparently, there was some confusion and the held a/c started to cross after the flight before the one I was aboard landed. My flight touched down up on the numbers, spooled up the engines, and executed a quick "touch and go" to avoid a possible collision with the taxiing a/c.