Originally Posted by elliscm
Chicago to Phoenix – the plane came in for a landing and appeared to be just a few feet off the ground when suddenly it took off again into the sky. We had circled halfway around Phoenix before the captain came on to explain what happened (last minute thing from the control tower.) Meanwhile, some of the passengers were scared to death.
In a situation like this, the pilots are quite busy manuevering the plane and communicating with ATC. Makes it a bit difficult to inform the passengers immediately about what is occurring. In the few "go-arounds" I've been involved in, the passengers were not informed until after the plane had regained some altitutde and travelled some distance away from the airport. It's fairly frequent and I've not ever seen passengers "scared to death" while this is happening.