We were on what I think you call the glide path to landing in Kansas City - the hub of a now defunct airline. I believe the plane was a DC3 or 737. As we were about to land, the pilot powered back up and we circled and finally landed. No word from the pilot or flight attendants about why. Any ideas?
2007-01-13 05:07:25 · 7 answers · asked by FieldMouse 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
It's called a "Go Around" or a "Missed Approach".
This can be due to pilot error, traffic on the ground, an instruction from ATC, or other reasons. Any time it doesn't feel right, or look right it's a good idea to abort and try again. It is a good idea to let the passengers know everything is OK, but that isn't a priority, flying the plane is the priority.
I fly much smaller planes than either of the two you mentioned. One time just as I was about to touch down a deer ran out on the runway. I didn't have time to think about what I wanted to do, there wasn't any time to hesitate. I had just been programmed to power up and abort without even thinking about it. It becomes automatic.
2007-01-13 05:35:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-02 05:20:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
busy runway possibly a mistake in the visual of the runway and if it was a sc-3 it had two props if it was a 737 it had two jet engins I really don't think dc-3's fly that much
2007-01-13 07:28:29 · answer #3 · answered by Concorde 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah its for sure not a DC3 unless you made this flight between 1930 and 1950.
2007-01-13 13:02:53 · answer #4 · answered by *unknownuser* 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another aircraft on the runway o'r the taxi way was buisy
2007-01-13 23:13:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Runway encroachment, insufficient clearance, didn't meet visibility requirements ....
2007-01-13 05:30:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
runway busy
2007-01-13 05:14:47 · answer #7 · answered by shufly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋