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> even when we were there one had a landing mishap where it started to land on the earth strip but then aborted the landing and took off again. I was in a Delt
by snazz 5y ago
> even when we were there one had a landing mishap where it started to land on the earth strip but then aborted the landing and took off again.
I was in a Delta-operated B767 in the US that did a touch-and-go landing like this because we bounced hard. If the pilots try to push the nose down after a bounce, there’s a chance that they push it too far and the plane crashes. There’s an Air Disasters/Mayday episode about a particular incident of this and why it’s much safer to go around and try to land again instead of salvaging a potentially doomed landing attempt. It’s a weird feeling but far safer than the alternative.
- da39a3ee 5y agoOK, I definitely believe you that it's the right thing to do and that the pilot knew what they were doing (in your case and in the Colombian Amazon), but, my suggestion is that that sort of scare is more common with the very old DC3s. A guy I knew there, who had served in the Colombian army, was clearly pretty scared of having to take the DC3.
- jacquesm 5y agoI had a triple go-around the last time I flew, Lufthansa, into to Amsterdam, pretty heavy storm, last flight to land before the airport closed. After the second time I had one of those 'what am I doing here?' feelings, even the pilot seemed super relieved to be on the ground.