Originally Posted by
Ollie Onion
Because ATC just watched them do a belly landing and may have assumed a problem.
approach controllers do not necessarily have a RW view . They can be located in the same building as Tower or can be miles away . I dont know how it works in Karachi.
A Tower controller has RW view from beginning till end and saw whatever happened on the RW . After going around Crew switches to an APP controller freq who may be sitting in a different building and have not yet been informed of what has just happened on the RW. All depends how quickly info was passed .
I would really like to know what was happening 5-10 min before * being established at 3500’ 5 miles gear up ‘ to paint a better pic .