Hi,
Just been on the flight from Manchester to Carcassonne today and we had a really weird / scary landing. I was wondering if anyone could shed some light into what may have happened...
We were in final approach, 10 minute warning to cabin crew had been called, and we were very close to touching down. The landing was aborted and the pilot seemed to initiate a go-around. But we didn't climb and the landing gear wasn't raised again. Instead we flew very, very low over Carcassonne to approach the runway from the opposite direction. We didn't seem to gain height at all during this manouvre. The wind was strong and it seemed as though the pilot was struggling to keep the plane level.
When we landed I noticed the fire engine was on standby and there were more people with high-vis on than usual.
Does this sound like a normal aborted landing or something more?
adsyrah,
It sounds like a perfectly normal missed approach / go-around to me. It's impossable to say what went on without more details, and you're only going to get that from the flight crew. There could have been any number of reasons why the go-around was initiated but it's a standard operating procedure and nothing out of the ordinary for flight crew. They happen on a daily basis at many airports so nothing to worry about. The main thing is, the flight crew did everything they needed to do to get the aircraft and it's passengers on the ground safely, albeit a few minutes later than planned.
Darren
It sounds like a perfectly normal missed approach / go-around to me. It's impossable to say what went on without more details, and you're only going to get that from the flight crew. There could have been any number of reasons why the go-around was initiated but it's a standard operating procedure and nothing out of the ordinary for flight crew. They happen on a daily basis at many airports so nothing to worry about. The main thing is, the flight crew did everything they needed to do to get the aircraft and it's passengers on the ground safely, albeit a few minutes later than planned.
Darren
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