Safety Concern
Whilst at a UK airport, we heard a mayday declared by an aircraft.
Whilst the emergency aircraft was being positioned downwind, an aircraft on a 2 mile final was told to go-around which they did.
Now whilst the emergency traffic was intercepting the ILS two aircraft were allowed to depart.
Now wouldn't it have been a very dangerous situation if one of these two flights had to abort on the runway with a major problem and therefore closing the runway. I thought that was the reason of ordering the previous landing aircraft to go-around.
The pilots with the inbound emergency I guess wouldn't be too happy with a runway closed.
Keen to hear all your opinions and what the rules are.