Missed Approaches.

I would imagine they’d go back up and when there is a slot in the flightpath that is when they go back and try the approach again.

I have seen missed approaches at EDI – mostly too low –
pilots go around and line-up again… low on fuel? I believe
aircraft have to be loaded with enough reserve for such contingencies.?

I would imagine they’d go back up and when there is a slot in the flightpath that is when they go back and try the approach again.

I have seen missed approaches at EDI – mostly too low –
pilots go around and line-up again… low on fuel? I believe
aircraft have to be loaded with enough reserve for such contingencies.?

Full load of passengers. No problems telling the pax as we just told them the truth. We had a guy on the jumpseat observing prior to him training to be a training Captain so we got him to do the PA as we were somewhat busy.

Full load of passengers. No problems telling the pax as we just told them the truth. We had a guy on the jumpseat observing prior to him training to be a training Captain so we got him to do the PA as we were somewhat busy.

I did to go around in the summer at Kos then diverted to Rhodes

I did to go around in the summer at Kos then diverted to Rhodes

I did 2 go arounds at Newark a couple of weeks ago due firstly to a Fedex 727 that was cleared line up and immediate departure before then sitting stationary on the runway and then on the next approach attrocious air traffic controlling vectored me to 4 mile final at 2500 feet before asking if I could get in visually from that position

Did you have passengers on-board, or was it solely a training flight? If you did have passengers, must have been quite hard to explain to them the second time round?!

I did 2 go arounds at Newark a couple of weeks ago due firstly to a Fedex 727 that was cleared line up and immediate departure before then sitting stationary on the runway and then on the next approach attrocious air traffic controlling vectored me to 4 mile final at 2500 feet before asking if I could get in visually from that position

Did you have passengers on-board, or was it solely a training flight? If you did have passengers, must have been quite hard to explain to them the second time round?!

We plan our fuel so that we can taxi, take off, fly to destination (plus 5% contingency in case of unknown factors), go around, divert to our alternate, hold there for 30 minutes and land. If there is a likelihood of delays (weather, runway closures, etc) we will plan extra fuel. I did 2 go arounds at Newark a couple of weeks ago due firstly to a Fedex 727 that was cleared line up and immediate departure before then sitting stationary on the runway and then on the next approach attrocious air traffic controlling vectored me to 4 mile final at 2500 feet before asking if I could get in visually from that position. The answer was NO!!! Fortunately I had departed with an extra 3 1/2 tonnes of fuel as I suspected things might be amiss as one of the 2 main parallel runways was unavailable for a period of a couple of weeks.

We plan our fuel so that we can taxi, take off, fly to destination (plus 5% contingency in case of unknown factors), go around, divert to our alternate, hold there for 30 minutes and land. If there is a likelihood of delays (weather, runway closures, etc) we will plan extra fuel. I did 2 go arounds at Newark a couple of weeks ago due firstly to a Fedex 727 that was cleared line up and immediate departure before then sitting stationary on the runway and then on the next approach attrocious air traffic controlling vectored me to 4 mile final at 2500 feet before asking if I could get in visually from that position. The answer was NO!!! Fortunately I had departed with an extra 3 1/2 tonnes of fuel as I suspected things might be amiss as one of the 2 main parallel runways was unavailable for a period of a couple of weeks.

They had a fuel leak but they didnt realise and they ended up gliding for miles and eventually landed somewhere but burst all their tyres, well, thats cutting the story abit short!

They had a fuel leak but they didnt realise and they ended up gliding for miles and eventually landed somewhere but burst all their tyres, well, thats cutting the story abit short!

http://www.airsafe.com/events/airlines/transat.htm
http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/ts236/photo.shtml

There was a programme on TV about it quite recently.

http://www.airsafe.com/events/airlines/transat.htm
http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/ts236/photo.shtml

There was a programme on TV about it quite recently.

LBARULES. What was the Air Transat all about. I dont remember anything.

LBARULES. What was the Air Transat all about. I dont remember anything.

Are you been serious? If the engines stop running then its a serious emergency, remember the Air Transat A330?

Are you been serious? If the engines stop running then its a serious emergency, remember the Air Transat A330?

MANAIRPORTMAD, what if they are extremely low on fuel after this stage because if it is at Heathrow that could take ages….literally.

Papa Lima, thats what i thought

MANAIRPORTMAD, what if they are extremely low on fuel after this stage because if it is at Heathrow that could take ages….literally.

Papa Lima, thats what i thought