virgin A340 go around
 

anyone know why a Virgin 340 did a go around aboud 1530 this afternoon at Heathrow

Are we really getting to the stage where along with Air Safety Reports, every go-around or abandoned take-off has to be fully explained in Pprune Rumours & News? Bit of a sad state of affairs, non? Even on the Audi Forum, they don't have to explain why a TT was on the hard shoulder of the motorway this afternoon!

Good call Not so Fantastic

Had enough of these now!

Because somebody moved the runway!!!:E

29649
 

Maybe there there was a bunch of pink , yellow and green easter bunnies pulling the eggshell wagon cross the runway.
Blues:bored:

'Sweating handsome pilot swerved giant red deathjet out of the way at the last minute, avoiding another almost deathjet filled with terrified children, missing it by just 1500 feet as the children screamed (for their kiddy packs), whilst the horrified stewardesses removed their lifejackets (after the safety demo). A safe landing was later achieved (but it could have been another disaster if they crashed). Reports filled in and Pprune notified.'

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Ah a bunch of experts. it was a simple question. sorry to have bothered you. I now realise that you are too important to answer a question from somebody who is a regular user of your industry.

Perhaps we should ask Capt PPRuNe to create a "Go Around" forum. We could also have a "Where Was That Four Engined Plane Over Toronto Going To" forum. :rolleyes:

do enjoy your ivory tower

The poster should understand that a go around is part of normal ops.It's when you don't go missed that you invite problems.

Or a 'someone did their job!' forum
Or, 'someone in 23D spilt their tea' forum
Or 'someone spots a journo' forum

Ystwyth,

What these gents are trying to say is that a go-around is a normal part of flying and is more likely a sign of good judgement than poor performance. Just another day at the office.

Plus, it's unlikely anyone here would have any idea why a specific flight went around. There's no "Ivory Tower" here...just a bunch of professional aviators, most likely.

P.S. It's OK to ask questions...

Maybe the starter of this thread was a passenger on the said flight and was just curious to know why it had a go around??
No need to jump down his throat, if you are really that bothered about similar posts just don't answer them.

Guess you'll be telling me to clear off too next ?? :mad:

Oi You...clear off!

:D Should have seen that one coming.....

Ukeng,

:D I think you have to take it for granted that people jump down the posters' throats at over half the questions asked on here. Some of the replies may seem harsh but I expect Ystwyth got the message that go-rounds are normal. Hundreds every day, all over the world, usually performed specifically to annoy ATCs in their (not so) ivory towers.

Next question will be

What is an Air Pocket which lots of aircraft seem to fall into!!

Milt,

what a d&mb question! Everyone knows that it´s a trap set up by the infamous Mr Heath Row, the Avenging ATCO who got fired because he couldn´t handle the amount of incoming flights...

And now off to JB...

To the original Post

Sir/Madam

To answer your question, yes i did see the go-around, from my bedroom at a nearby hotel. It was an A340-600 and, although as everyone has noted above, it is a normal part of everyday ops, it was quite dramatic to see just how agile the A346 was when it climbed steeply and banked away to the south at almost right-angles to the runway. Very impressive.

I personally think that the cockpit crews enjoy doing this sorta thing once in a while, so long as there is no immediate danger.

The A346 is a beautiful machine.

To the professional drivers out there - are such go-around manouevres carried out using an autopilot function, or does the captain manually do it?

Thanks for answering.

A300Man

If the autopilot was still engaged it stays engaged. If it had already been disconnected we initiate the go-around manually. Actually, there are normally two of us up there so whoever was flying pilot performs the go-around, not just the captain.