When a flight is about to land....?

Question

Why does the flight stop in the air. Let me explain. I have flown in several flights in my life and sometimes when the flight is on its way to land, the flight "stops" right in the sky, and then the plane slowly turns round then approaches the runway. Why does the plane actually "stop"?

Answer 1

it doesn't ever stop moving. Being inside the airplane, there is no difference in the feeling from a stopped airplane and one moving at a constant speed. You only feel the motion when you speed up or slow down. You might be feeling the landing gear going down or something else that makes you think you stopped.

Answer 2

You'd better hope the plane doesn't "stop" until it's on the ground at the terminal. :-) Stopping in the air would be catastrophic for all aboard.
Planes have a descent path as they lose altitude and speed, but they never slow enough to stall. (Well, very rarely they do, but we call that a crash.)

Answer 3

That's so that the pilot can get out and check the tyres before he lands!