Aborted landing
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Aborted landing
How common is an aborted landing?
I was on a Virgin Blue flight today from Brisbane to Sydney when the landing into Sydney was aborted (approx 1.50 - 2pm). Cannot judge height, but I am a frequent flyer and it was quite close to touchdown.
As we took off, could see an international flight taking off, but at 90 degrees to our direction.
Captain then explained that aircraft ahead had not vacated the runway in time, hence we had to abort landing.
My question is who would have made the decision to abort - air traffic control or the captain? How common is this occurence when visibility is good?
I have experienced aborted landing many years previously (in a DC3) due to weather.
Would appreciate any comments
Kay
I was on a Virgin Blue flight today from Brisbane to Sydney when the landing into Sydney was aborted (approx 1.50 - 2pm). Cannot judge height, but I am a frequent flyer and it was quite close to touchdown.
As we took off, could see an international flight taking off, but at 90 degrees to our direction.
Captain then explained that aircraft ahead had not vacated the runway in time, hence we had to abort landing.
My question is who would have made the decision to abort - air traffic control or the captain? How common is this occurence when visibility is good?
I have experienced aborted landing many years previously (in a DC3) due to weather.
Would appreciate any comments
Kay
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Go-arounds are a common, every day occurrence especially at busy airports. A go-around may occur because the captain has decided that it is the appropriate course of action or, more often, he has been instructed to do so by ATC. The reasons may be numerous, from the one ahead being slow to leave the runway, to windshear or other bad weather, to runway problem discovered on an inspection, to a tech problem on the aroplane, etc.
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The subject of go-arounds has been covered countless times. I suggest you use the search feature and you will find all the info you need. Bottom line though is that it is a common worldwide daily occurence - more so, but not exclusively, at busy airports.
