Go-around... how frequently does this happen?
Dec 16, 2018, 2:15 am
#121
Join Date: Jan 2017
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I've had 2 in two years flying as crew, once into Chicago as the previous aircraft was still on the runway and once into Aberdeen in some absolutely hideous weather. Whilst they aren't particularly common, they are much more so than rejected take offs which are very rare, during my initial training the trainer had experienced one in 23 years of flying as crew.
Dec 16, 2018, 2:27 am
#123
Join Date: May 2016
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I had one on BA coming into EDI earlier this year. As we swung out over the Forth to bank left left towards Cramond we picked up a strong tailwind, and just as we reached the shoreline the throttle went up and we went around. "Too fast for comfort" said the cap'n. Banked right over the bridges and over Fife for 15 minutes to reconfigure, then landed safely at the second go.
Dec 16, 2018, 11:04 am
#125
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About 5 or 6 years ago I was in the VCR at LHR (getting the 'VIP' tour as a thank you for some work I'd done) and was plugged into the departures station, just listening in. All of a sudden some alarm goes off, lights too IIRC, and there's a go around due to an aircraft being slow to vacate the runway. The arrivals ATCO was mightily narked as they'd lined up a near perfect arrivals sequence to maximise use of the runway.
Dec 16, 2018, 11:45 am
#126
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Dec 19, 2018, 3:25 pm
#127
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Streamed live on 29 November. Four hours of nail biting action. Conditions get dicey from 0:50:00 onwards
Dec 5, 2022, 6:23 pm
#128
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Have to say I love a go-around- something about the flip in power. Happened today on BA1399 from MAN, apparently due to late clearance- I would say we were about 20 ft off from 1F, Flightradar24 has it down as 0ft but didn’t feel us touch.
Dec 5, 2022, 6:32 pm
#129
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It was SK505 in front of you; it does look tight!
Dec 5, 2022, 6:54 pm
#130
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Dec 5, 2022, 11:04 pm
#131
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Agreed- they are brilliant in retrospect (once you are back safely of course!). I have a feeling that if you actually touch down it is called a “baulked landing” or something?
Last edited by crazy8534; Dec 5, 2022 at 11:52 pm
Dec 6, 2022, 12:18 am
#132
Join Date: Jun 2009
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Three in over 1200 flights for me:
- A slightly rocky one with KL at LCY
- A plain-vanilla one with BA at LCY
- A dramatic near-vertical climb on a BMI 767 after wheels were on the ground at GYD. This managed to shake loose the business class trolley and sent the crockery/cutlery and various broken pieces there-of flying down the cabin. Captain was quite sure he saw a crane on the runway.
- A slightly rocky one with KL at LCY
- A plain-vanilla one with BA at LCY
- A dramatic near-vertical climb on a BMI 767 after wheels were on the ground at GYD. This managed to shake loose the business class trolley and sent the crockery/cutlery and various broken pieces there-of flying down the cabin. Captain was quite sure he saw a crane on the runway.
Dec 6, 2022, 1:09 am
#133
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- A dramatic near-vertical climb on a BMI 767 after wheels were on the ground at GYD. This managed to shake loose the business class trolley and sent the crockery/cutlery and various broken pieces there-of flying down the cabin. Captain was quite sure he saw a crane on the runway.
Just one go around for me, an OA Shorts 330 at ATH. The cockpit door flew open! I don't believe it was part of any emergency evacuation procedure!
Dec 6, 2022, 2:17 am
#135
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: The North
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I experience my first ever go-around in November at Hannover - back wheels touched down and then we rocketed back up. It certainly made everyone on board wake up and pay more attention to what was going on! Conditions seemed very calm, no discernible gusts or turbulence, so I’d be curious what caused it.
As navylad says, you really feel the power of the engines when they’re called upon - far more than a regular take-off. Good to know they have an extra (however many) percentage power for these situations!
As navylad says, you really feel the power of the engines when they’re called upon - far more than a regular take-off. Good to know they have an extra (however many) percentage power for these situations!