Experiences on UA with aborted takeoffs, landings, go-arounds, .... [Consolidated]
Aug 9, 2018, 12:52 pm
#287
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I had my first UA go-around yesterday: Landing at SFO after a one-hour ground delay at LAX, we were about to touch down when all of a sudden -- whoosh! We were almost at a right angle. I immediately thought of this thread, but this is the first chance I've had to get back on Flyertalk. The captain said that there was a plane on the runway that didn't take off fast enough, and it cost us 20 minutes (and many people their connections).
Aug 9, 2018, 4:30 pm
#288
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I had my first UA go-around yesterday: Landing at SFO after a one-hour ground delay at LAX, we were about to touch down when all of a sudden -- whoosh! We were almost at a right angle. I immediately thought of this thread, but this is the first chance I've had to get back on Flyertalk. The captain said that there was a plane on the runway that didn't take off fast enough, and it cost us 20 minutes (and many people their connections).
Aug 9, 2018, 5:35 pm
#289
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Aug 10, 2018, 10:21 am
#290
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Aug 13, 2018, 11:16 am
#292
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Many years ago, sitting upstairs in a rear facing seat SYD-SFO, we had a go around because the airplane in front of us hadn't cleared the runway yet. Given the lower weight after such a long flight, the 747-400 felt like a rocket ship during this period. As a simple private pilot I enjoyed this.
Aug 13, 2018, 12:25 pm
#293
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UA4466 (STL - ORD) had an aborted landing this morning. I assume it was due to low ceiling. I'd experienced a few others but this was the most dramatic. I assume because it was a RJ, it maneuvers a bit more nimbly than a bigger plane and boy did this pilot ever do some maneuvering 
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Oct 8, 2018, 2:12 pm
#294
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Aborted landing. After touching xown
I just landed in DEN after a first for me. Flight 5916 from SLC touched down HARD, and then went around. No explanation from the pilot. Can anyone find out what happened?
Oct 8, 2018, 2:36 pm
#295
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Unless you can get the ATC tapes (possibly) or talk to the pilots themselves I’m afraid any answers here would be purely speculative.
Jan 11, 2019, 8:24 am
#296
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Experienced my first go-around on United last night #1076 RSW-EWR. After we got back in the pattern at 3,000ft the pilot calmly told us we initiated a go-around due to "winds not meeting minimums" (it was noticeably windy on descent and short final).
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...000Z/KRSW/KEWR
I rather enjoyed it because I knew exactly what was happening. I suppose if you don't know what's going on it can feel quite jarring. My last go-around was years ago on ATA into MDW during a snowstorm.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...000Z/KRSW/KEWR
I rather enjoyed it because I knew exactly what was happening. I suppose if you don't know what's going on it can feel quite jarring. My last go-around was years ago on ATA into MDW during a snowstorm.
Jan 11, 2019, 8:32 am
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Experienced my first go-around on United last night #1076 RSW-EWR. After we got back in the pattern at 3,000ft the pilot calmly told us we initiated a go-around due to "winds not meeting minimums" (it was noticeably windy on descent and short final).
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL1076/history/20190111/0000Z/KRSW/KEWR
I rather enjoyed it because I knew exactly what was happening. I suppose if you don't know what's going on it can feel quite jarring. My last go-around was years ago on ATA into MDW during a snowstorm.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL1076/history/20190111/0000Z/KRSW/KEWR
I rather enjoyed it because I knew exactly what was happening. I suppose if you don't know what's going on it can feel quite jarring. My last go-around was years ago on ATA into MDW during a snowstorm.
Jan 11, 2019, 9:56 am
#298
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Jan 11, 2019, 10:19 am
#299
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Had a "go around" last night on EWR-SFO #1885 due to being to close to a southwest plane landing on a parallel runway. Auto alerts activated. Seemed to be a surprise to everyone including the pilots. They had just announce clear night, all set for a beautiful landing at the top of the hour and after a normal descent, we pulled up suddenly and started ascending and circling. The pilots were great, very informative but I can't help but think the un-paid air traffic controllers had something to due with this.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...110Z/KEWR/KSFO
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...110Z/KEWR/KSFO
Last edited by LongingForORD; Jan 11, 2019 at 10:24 am Reason: added flight aware history
Jan 11, 2019, 11:17 am
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Had a "go around" last night on EWR-SFO #1885 due to being to close to a southwest plane landing on a parallel runway. Auto alerts activated. Seemed to be a surprise to everyone including the pilots. They had just announce clear night, all set for a beautiful landing at the top of the hour and after a normal descent, we pulled up suddenly and started ascending and circling. The pilots were great, very informative but I can't help but think the un-paid air traffic controllers had something to due with this.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...110Z/KEWR/KSFO
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...110Z/KEWR/KSFO