At 18.38 yesterday (Saturday) I was driving past LHR on the northbound M25 when I saw a heavy make a go-around from around 200ft.
Go-arounds are common at Denham, but I've never seen one at LHR, and it got me thinking...
One would imagine that with all the gismos on a modern commercial jet that go-arounds are unusual, especially when flown by highly trained pilots
, and runway obstructions at LHR are surely rare?
How much of a drag (no puns please) is it to make a go-around in a heavy? I tried to keep an eye on the 'plane to see if it executed a low-level circuit
, but had to keep the other eye on the morons on the road, so couldn't track it.
What's the deal with this kind of thing?
Just curious.