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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 10:56 pm
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Originally Posted by jimbo99
The only time it happened to me, it happened twice.

It was a BA 747 flight arriving at LHR from Japan. Both times there were different obstructions on the runway. The pilot announced it was the only time that that had happened in his career.
I've done aborted landings about 5 times, but also had a flight that had two in a row. PHL to STL on TWA, trying to land in STL in an icy rain, and obstructions on the runway twice in a row.
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