Originally Posted by
The Lev
Except according to the NTSB investigators the AC pilots initiated the go-around several seconds before being told to do so by the tower. Did they do that because they overheard UA1 or because they saw another plane (PAL?) turn on its landing lights or was it their spydey senses - TBD.
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Are you sure about that? Here's the report:
https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-rele...r20170802.aspx
I don't see anything to suggest that the pilot initiated a "go around" on his own.