Low, Low, Low @ YVR

Or maybe it was simply a visual approach, or a non-precision approach. There is no way of telling any parameters from the ground like airspeed etc, too many variables.

Possible relocation from Abbotsford ?? Not even a hop, skip and a jump.
Just a guess.

Chris

It may have been a go-around/missed approach, however I had never seen any other aircraft fly that low. As far as I could tell it was going the normal landing speed, as I couldn’t tell the flap position. It was possibly trying to intercept the localiser low, however, as I said. It was the only one. Foreign, unfamiliar pilots obviously wasn’t an issue as it was a WestJet plane. As well, it most likely wasn’t a go-around because it was going the approaching side, not the takeoff heading, and this is about 12 km from the runway, by which point sfter doing a full circle they should have gotten their altitude straightened out.

I couldn’t find anything on the net about it, but from what you say, it could have been another ‘flapless’ landing? They had one at Toronto last month.

http://avherald.com/h?article=454f320c&opt=0

Or on reflection of your description, it could have just done a go-around? I know at LHR, after a go around, the aircraft raw over my house at about 1/2 the height they otherwise would.