Lowi 15-3-03
sorry to the moderators - please move to whichever forum you think best.
Sat in the afternoon at innsbruck - clear day landing on 08 with a stiff breeze down the runway. No fohn conditions or turb noticed on our arrival.
About 10 minutes later a ba73 arrived and when turning finals went around. fair enough. second approach at about downwind he/she went around again. he/she then positioned to land on 26 with a v.stiff tailwind. needless to say we all went out to watch.
now the questions. just wondered why the two goarounds and why the decision to land on 26. maybe the no more than 2 ga's rule from the ops man came into play and they decided to get around it by landing on a differant runway. anyone there?
anyway the main point of this drivel is that on the second goaround, a 757 was descending into the valley from kti and ended up also going around. When i first started going to lowi about 4 years ago, we were told that the deal with lowi was that only one aircraft was to manoever in the valley at once. now, obviously that is not the case as you have aircraft cleared to line up as you are downwind. not ideal if you goaround as they get airborne.
Was anyone else under the impression of only a certain amount of aircraft in the valley at one time? ie one.
Lastly are any of the operators of med jet allowed to descend visually into the valley. Our 320/321 proc mean we always follow the inst. arrrival but sometimes you hear or see more unusual arrivals.
Not trying to get at the ba dude as i have no doubt he made the best decisions but just wondered what the score was.
cheers