Aborted landings. How common are pull-ups?
Jun 1, 2012, 12:16 pm
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I have had 2, both due to aircraft still on the runway. One was at MCO and the other at LHR. Nothing like flying TATL, doing a handful of laps in the hold, and having to climb again.
Jan 5, 2015, 9:33 pm
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PS -- Don't want to scare anybody here, but SAN is a very tricky approach.
Jan 6, 2015, 2:27 pm
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I've had 2. One was a Sabena 747 from Brussels trying to land in Kinshasa, DR Congo in a rain storm. When he got under the clouds he had overshot the runway.
The other was a UA flight from BKK trying to land at NRT last year. Pulled up because cross winds were so bad apparently he couldn't control the aircraft. We then circled for nearly an hour waiting for the storm to pass.
The other was a UA flight from BKK trying to land at NRT last year. Pulled up because cross winds were so bad apparently he couldn't control the aircraft. We then circled for nearly an hour waiting for the storm to pass.
Jan 6, 2015, 3:12 pm
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Encountered a nasty aborted landing with an AB flight CPH to TXL last year. The plane seemed to be a few hundred feet above ground and coming in for a fast landing when the pilot aborted landing and sent the plane all the way back up to well over 15k feet and circled again for well over 20 minutes. Not much of an explanation was provided (even as I suspect it was a runway or flight path incursion) but I've never seen anything like it before in person when it comes to scheduled passenger flights.
I've had way more landings aborted than take-offs aborted; but I've had about the same number of nasty aborted landings as nasty aborted take-offs.
I've had way more landings aborted than take-offs aborted; but I've had about the same number of nasty aborted landings as nasty aborted take-offs.
Apr 10, 2016, 1:10 am
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Just had two aborted landing attempts at JFK, flying from MAN on Thomas Cook. After second attempt we diverted to PHL. The weather was somewhat poor (MVFR) but wasn't too bumpy. The pilot said something about "too much traffic" both times. I checked later, many aircraft were landing at that time, although some were diverted to other airports without attempting landing, so the landing capacity must have been maxed out.