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Old 27th Jan 2005, 21:02
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Slightly off-topic but....a couple of years ago I had to go-around at MRS due to not getting three greens (146-300, 100+ in the back); flew perfect missed approach procedure, went to the hold to sort the problem out then normal approach and landing. All in a day's work you might think. We got on stand to be greeted by three members of France's finest (not sure which branch of the various heavily-armed quasi-military police organisations they were members of) who wanted chapter and verse of the go-around and gave me a grilling in order to get it! Nothing else happened-certainly no breathalyzer-and we departed none the worse for the experience shortly after.

I was slightly unsettled by the encounter with the police and wondered if anyone else had had a similar experience and if this is normal in France (if anything is normal in France) after something as routine as a go-around.
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