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Old 18th Nov 2005, 15:14
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pplaspire
 
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If an aircraft has to wait for landing

Hi ,

Thanks for the immediate responce.

It is actually a technical question.
If a passenger aircraft or cargo aircraft that is approaching an airport and needs to land but doesn't has yet the right thing and must wait for a while.

THere are two things that you can do
1. Rounding around the airport
2. if the waiting time is in minutes can stand still.

and I have seen near the airport sometimes the flight seems to be standing(still). Is that theoritically possible ? and is that practised anywhere ?
or was a mirage that I couldn't see whether the flight was moving slowly.

Thanks in advance
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