I had this happen at Heathrow Airport, London, minus the cyclone; similar sized plane. We got close enough to see people's faces in the windows then the pilot revved the engine and took off again.
He came on the tannoy while we were circling and said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, as you will have noticed, we didn't land that time. The tower assured me that everything was fine, but the decision to abort a landing rests with the pilot, and I didn't fancy the chances of the little Cesna at the end of my runway."
from my understanding it is a thing though, anyone from any side of the flight operations can report violations or issues and give the other party a number to call.
They're entirely different organisations, with different policies, rules and cultures in different countries. They aren't going to all behave like the US FAA.
Iirc it becomes more common for the operating procedure to require not to attempt a third landing attempt unless significantly better conditions are present. Generally a plane should divert after a second go around...
believe it or not, waived off landings are fairly common, especially in poor weather conditions. Pilots train for that thing and theyâre fairly routine. Normal landing procedures require the plane to have enough flap and speed so they can waive off and get back in the air right up to the last moment before touch down.
I fly about a dozen times a year, more than half of which are overseas, and Iâd say that at least once a year a landing gets waived and they just go back around and try again. The pilots will generally explain to everyone whatâs going on and that everything is normal. Usually what happens is they just decided to scrub the landing because something or another wasnât right, better safe than sorry.
In fairness they almost always happened at Schiphol (Amsterdam) which is known for having high cross winds because itâs close to the coast, and the Netherlands is just flat in general so thereâs nothing to really stop the wind. Combined with rain or low visibility conditions, which again is common in the NL because they get a lot of storms coming off the English Channel and North Sea, pilots will just waive off the landing and wait for the wind to die down.
I always remember the time the plane I was on blew out its tires taking off and the first we knew of it was landing where we were meant to go to a fleet of fire engines waiting for us
A much briefer pilot statement - "we had to abort our initial approach due to a Cesna on MY runway. Will have to circle until we are granted another window for approach - appreciate your patience" or something like that... none of the "tower vs pilot rights" stuff
I was in the Cessna, I distinctly remember I told my passenger that I would have to abort my takeoff due to a 737 at the end of MY runway. So you are both wrong.
I've also been on a Cessna. I can confirm that everyone is lying here, we landed on a lake in Alaska with floating landing gear. No 737 involved at all
We had it once too at Heathrow I think,.but there was no explanation given. It wasn't the best weather, but we felt the back tyres touch the ground and then we were back up in the air for another 20 minutes or so.
I had an aborted landing happen years ago at Washington Dulles. We had very bad weather in the area, almost were down, like, seconds from landing, and then the pilot kicked up power and pulled up.
Similar announcement as I recall, but mentioned sheer winds and not another plane on the runway. Next pass, we landed.
Not calling you a liar, but it sounds very unlikely that a Cessna was on the same runways as a passenger jet at one of the busiest airports in the world. Or even at Heathrow at all? Small planes would undoubtedly be at a different airport altogether.
Would have had to have been a very extraordinary circumstance that the tower would have been all over.
We had something like this, but it was because there was a plane taking off well behind schedule. We touched down and took off immediately after back wheels hit the ground.
I w as on a plane with 3 missed approaches in Calgary Alberta. Iâm thankful that the pilot decided it was too dangerous with the crazy crosswinds. Kudos to pilots for making the right decisions in times of stress.
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u/lunivore 26d ago
I had this happen at Heathrow Airport, London, minus the cyclone; similar sized plane. We got close enough to see people's faces in the windows then the pilot revved the engine and took off again.
He came on the tannoy while we were circling and said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, as you will have noticed, we didn't land that time. The tower assured me that everything was fine, but the decision to abort a landing rests with the pilot, and I didn't fancy the chances of the little Cesna at the end of my runway."