Originally Posted by
B2N2
Why people insist on using unverified data from a flighttracking website and present it as the gospel is beyond me.
Yep, that newfangled ADS-B stuff will never be accepted by polite society.
It appears that the data was pretty good in this case.
Originally Posted by
aterpster
In any case, here are the two current approach charts.
If they did the published miss, looks like they took the 180 degree track on the VOR-Z Rwy 10 rather than direct ONBED on the RNAV (GNSS) Rwy 10 approach, according to unverified data from a flight tracking website
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Originally Posted by
Airbubba
It does look like the airport was indeed closed for a while, INC 522 (Dominican Wings) and KLM 729 went into holding as well. KLM landed just before WJA 2652 and INC apparently diverted somewhere else.
Trevor from the comment section in Christine N.'s blog adds this:
Trevor says:
March 11, 2017 at 6:42 am
Let me clear up a few things – I was in SXM listening to ATC all afternoon. American Flight 2219, a Boeing 737 from Miami had just landed before Westjet and reported to the Tower that they only picked up the field at the last minute (I presume that meant before they decided to go around). The Westjet approach was next and lets be clear, ATC did not advise them to go around, it was the pilots decision. ATC did comment that the decision to go around was very late – Westjet did not respond – ATC advised them to climb to 4000 feet and hold at Ivaci – the airport was then closed to arrivals and departures. About 20 minutes into the hold, Westjet was informed that the visibility on approach had improved from 11/2 miles to 2 miles and asked if he wanted the approach. He declined, indicated he had plenty of fuel to hold and would wait for further improvement. KLM Flight 729 then arrived, an Airbus A330 and was told to enter the hold. He indicated he did not have sufficient fuel to hold and wanted to try the approach – ATC complied with his wish and he landed safely – he reported that he picked up the field at 3 miles. Westjet then decided to make the second approach and it was flawless. As an aside, Insel Air was also in the hold, a Dominican Wings A320, and he decided to divert to Guadeloupe