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I'm wondering why the FedEx pilots did not offset on the abort.

• fbdab103 4y ago
  That close to the ground, maybe it is not safe to attempt sudden horizontal changes?
  • bdonlan 4y ago
    Any kind of turn costs lift, and that’s not what you want to spend when you’re trying not to hit something on the ground. As such turns are generally not performed below a certain altitude.
• jillesvangurp 4y ago
  They were following standard procedures here for going around and not improvising. Standard procedure is to climb out runway headings usually and then make some turn. In the same way, the pilots would have seen with their eyes before the minimums threshold that the runway was not clear and made the go-around decision. It's not a great situation but I don't think it was that dangerous ultimately.
  • wlonkly 4y ago
    And it's press button, receive go-around. I would imagine that choosing to hand-fly in that scenario would usually produce worse outcomes.