Aborted landing Hamburg-Dublin 05/01/14

LucyInTheSky86

Hey guys!
I'm am scared of flying...in general.

This flight scared me to death.
Luckily, several ppl around me went on
chatting as if there wasn't anything
unusual happening They really
brought me through that very end
of that flight...

I wonder, was that still quite normal?
Any experienced flyers?
Could the wind that day have caused serious trouble
to our aircraft?

The moment the stewardess said the captain is
gonna make an annoucement in 5 min. I thought he
might tell us that we would have to try an emergency
landing...

I am looking for ppl who experienced that very flight
just to have s.o. to talk to. any opinions welcome

looking forward to finding you!!!!!

Thanks

LucyInTheSky1986

goingnowhere

Nothing to worry about, completely routine. Pilots brief for both landing and a go around. Plenty of gas in the tank to try again (and again) and fly to another airport if needed.

I've done 50 or so flights in the last year, single aborted landing at Madrid probably down to spanish ATC, went around lined up again and landed, no issue.

Could be anything from air traffic control instruction due aircraft on the runway which had been expected to be clear. It could be the wind, pilot not happy/plane not stable enough for landing, safety equipment on the plane could have issued a warning for windshear. If pilot not happy its go around try again.

Pilots focus is on flying the plane, not doing a PA.

ANXIOUS

If you like you could listen to the pilot and the air traffic controller to see what was happening and why they went around. Look for the thread that's dublin atc up and running. Post the date and the time the flight landed and someone will help you. I'd say your flight went around due to wind shear.

folbotcar

It's called a go around, Lucy and while they're rare enough they happen occasionally. People tend to believe something terribly dangerous has happened but in fact go arounds are an example of how safe airline flying has become. They happen for various reasons, often because the aircraft ahead was a bit slow to exit the runway. That does NOT mean they nearly collided or even came close to each other. It just that there are fairly strict rules about separation of aircraft. Sometimes in poor weather a crew might start the approach. But if the conditions are unsuitable they go around at the minimum allowed altitude. In practice this is rarer now because quite often airliners are equipped to land in all but the worst conditions.

I've only been in one go around on an airliner. Madrid just like mentioned above. I wasn't a bit scared but I was irritated as it meant I would miss my connection. Grrr!

I've had plenty as a pilot though! Much better to go around than to run off the end of the runway and look a complete twat!

I often think it's a pity that the airlines don't make an effort to educate people about events like that.

keith16

Lucy, I'm not going to lie to you. I took one look at your post and decided it was a poem. In fact, it looks like a sonnet -14 lines and three stanzas!

Flying is very safe. If I remember correctly, 5th of Jan was very windy, so as previous posters have already said, probably only a bit of wind shear which modern aircraft are well equipped to deal with.

Now read this Limerick I wrote in response to your sonnet.

There was a young girl from Dublin
Whose flight from Hamburg was troublin'
She had a little fear
Of some nasty wind shear
But now she's grounded and bubbling!

All further replies to this thread must be conducted through the medium of poetry.

CaptainSkidmark

ive been on over 200 flights in the last 4 years since i started working abroad and ive never been on a aborted landing but yet its totally common, Even had the fire trucks chase us down the runway in Amsterdam

ProfessorPlum

CaptainSkidmark wrote: »

ive been on over 200 flights in the last 4 years since i started working abroad and ive never been on a aborted landing but yet its totally common, Even had the fire trucks chase us down the runway in Amsterdam

"Four long years and 200 flights,
I've certainly experienced fire trucks and blue lights.
Never, though have I had to go around,
Fab pilots at the helm, all the landings were sound. "

Spoil sport!

wretcheddomain

In a discussion about an aborted flight,
The possibility of it dangerous is considered sh1te,
Now the OP is not afraid to fly,
But if I see another poem I might actually die.