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Old May 23, 2010 | 1:09 am
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Originally Posted by greentips
However, not to pick nits, but your original post implied that the go-around itself was an inherently dangerous operation, which it is not ... The balance of your post amplified the misinformed statement....
Actually, this is the part of the description that would make me nervous:
Originally Posted by lordkeir
... The plane was really struggling to get back up into the air and we were flying very low for about 60 seconds. there were a lot of worried faces to say the least! Eventually, we got back into the air and landed safely second time....


It suggests that the plane did not have sufficient velocity or power to fly at that point, although 60 seconds probably is an exaggeration. 10 seconds can seem like an eternity if you're really scared.

Go arounds tend to go up & away from the runway ASAP.

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