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Old 9th Sep 2010, 18:59
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BAAlltheway
 
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I think i must be a bit unlucky!

I've flown on average 6-8 long haul sectors and 6 short haul sectors per year for about the last 28 years.

So far i've had 6 go arounds. 1 at VIE in torrential rain, 1 at LGW (no apparent reason!), 1 at LHR- runway not vacated, and the doozy, a 3 time go around at LHR due to gusty cross winds following a pretty turbulent approach . The first time most pax went, oooohh, the second go, there was a fair bit of tension, especially when we felt the plane lift one wing as we were about to touch down , and by the third time when it was actually a touch down and go, there were lots of pale sweaty faces and hands clamped to the arm rests!! One poor woman who had an onward conx, was so traumatised that she offloaded herself from the onward flight, just refused to go any further, and had to be put up in a hotel over night whilst the airline worked out what to do with her.

The next flight i did, i was NOT looking forward to the landing!
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