r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Mr_Panda009 • 26d ago

Removed: Not NFL Pilots narrowly avoids crashing due to heavy winds from a tornado.

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u/_nf0rc3r_ 26d ago

It’s called a go around and a very normal SOP if I recall.

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u/tomaiholt 26d ago edited 25d ago

A go around should happen way before continuing a landing, at the decision height. I think this is just a missed approach, a very late missed approach.

Edit: I'm wrong

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u/Zealousideal_Echo589 25d ago

Not always. Wheels can touch tarmac and still perform a go-around.

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u/Whiskey_River_73 25d ago

Well yeah, a go around would still happen then, wouldn't it, given the other unsavory outcome? 🤷