Originally Posted by
mrswirl
Pilots train for these events all the time and while it may seem scary to passengers not used to it I doubt there was any actual danger.
I've experienced an aborted takeoff once and a couple of go-arounds. Periods of relative excitement during an otherwise routine situation.
V1 is the critical failure speed at which point the pilots can still safely abort the takeoff. Anything over V1 and the takeoff will still proceed even with just one engine operable.
Correct, I fully trust the pilots to make the right call and though scary sometimes, probably wouldn't have phased me much at all. I have been in three aborted take offs in the past two years and two go arounds. To me, it seems like something that does happen more often but usually not newsworthy by media as there would be so many during the year.