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Old Jul 4, 2001 | 2:07 pm
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mr1hotrod--This incident might give you some assistance. A couple of years ago, I was on TWA heading into St. Louis. As we were landing in heavy rain, and within about 20 feet of the ground (I was in a window seat watching), the pilot suddenly gunned the engines and we took off upward. They apologized, and said another plane had not cleared the runway sufficiently. We circled, came in for a landing again, and this time AGAIN aborted the landing while about 200 ft. off the ground. Pilot apoligized again, said he didn't like the look of the runway in front of us. Finally, on the third time, we came in for a nice, smooth landing.

What did I do regarding TWA after this unsettling event? I shook the hands of both pilots as I departed the airplane, and thanked them for watching out for our safety.

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