Originally Posted by
Mr Grimsdale
Just wondering if anyone knew the reason for the BA 747 doing a go around at Heathrow around 12:30 today 25/04/19? It looked like it was on finals for 27R when 27L was in use as the runway for landing.
The most usual reason for a GA at Heathrow is that the previous lander is slow to fully vacate the runway.
Another, less common reason is that the aircraft is not stabilised on the approach, in which case the pilot may decide to go around. That may well have been the case yesterday, where the aircraft wasn't established on the localizer until about 4.5 nm out:
