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Old 11th May 2008, 21:25
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Stan Woolley
 
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Hi Spitoon

From 1000' you would have enough time to try a couple of other frequencies, if no reply in that time I would assume a problem and make a decision.

(767 case) I too would probably have landed with good VMC and a clear runway, at least at my home airport and many others I am familiar with.

Going around into busy airspace without comms could be a nasty scenario too at least IMO so from your side it looks like a no-brainer to Go Around but from my viewpoint you might well have to make the same approach and subsequent decision twenty minutes later with significantly less fuel.I would still have to satisfy myself that the runway was clear before landing.

What about the 747 in Africa that received a confirmed clearance to land on a blocked runway after querying the clearance?(Hydro Air was it?)

411A you must have the best memory/thickest logbook in the world?Or maybe just a good imagination?
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