10W wrote:
"The 'go around', if transmitted by the UAL, appears to be made when someone else is already transmitting, so it may not have been heard anyway. It is of such short duration with no reference to who it refers (callsign or type), that even if it was transmitted with the best of intent, a pilot might not work out it's for him, especially if not a native English speaker. Consider also that the Tower has multiple arrivals to multiple runways, with aircraft being cleared to land with other aircraft ahead and the simple call of 'go around' with no other information could cause multiple go arounds as well as confusion as to who it was actually referring to"
Oh, I'm sure it wasn't heard by the Asiana crew, but I just wanted to counter the criticism that the UAL crew sat there and said nothing..