Jetstar pilots stood down by a " go around " incident?
 

Jetstar pilots stood down after CHCH incident
June 18, 2012, 2:24 pmYahoo! New Zealand


Two Jetstar pilots have been stood down and the airline is under investigation after an incident in Christchurch earlier this month, according to reports.

An A320 arriving from Sydney performed a go-around procedure in Christchurch before diverting to Auckland on June 3, BusinessDay reports.

An airline spokesman told the publication the plane's "flaps" may have been positioned incorrectly during the flight, but said the diversion was due to "poor weather".

He said a "go-around" was performed in Christchurch.

"A go-around due to inclement weather is a common safety procedure.

"The crew reported a flap position issue during the go around and the event has been assessed internally. We take anything that happens in the cockpit very seriously, we are assessing the issue and our initial findings show that the fundamental safety of the flight was never at risk."

BusinessDay quotes a source saying "a missed approach was made" at Christchurch.

"This is not the first time this has happened in Jetstar. It occurred in Melbourne some years ago and they nearly crashed. CASA has interviewed the chief pilot of Jetstar in relation to the incident."

A spokesman for the Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority said the organisation is assessing Jetstar's own investigation into the matter.

"On the completion of its review, CASA will ensure that any appropriate safety actions are taken."

So which one was it? Flap or weather?

Maybe checking FB/SMS/TXT /Emails perhaps....

My brother was on the flight-said the aircraft got down to about 20-30 ft off the runway and then went around -he said visability from his seat was fine-however it may have been different looking down the runway from the sharp end.

I did a go around once from relatively low level due to significant overshoot shear. Told the pax it was due to said wind change. The media report quoting a 'Mr Hawthorne from Melbourne' said that he'd seen an aeroplane pointing the wrong way and that we'd had a near miss. Said aeroplane was on the parallel taxiway.

I pay virtually no attention to pax reports about heights, weather conditions, whether people were going to die, unless the pax is a professional aviator. Even then they often don't have the entire picture.

well keg...reckon that just about sums that up.....always surprised how "go-arounds" and " missed apps" are often looked at being a major event,rather than being a normal procedure(when required)....