Jul 13th 2017, 5:03:01
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN3Fd0x0FoQ
"Near disasters" happen to Westjet and so on, too. Go-arounds are pretty routine and there did not seem to be any urgency in this situation. From the timings of the recording, I guess the pilot was told to go around at more than half a mile from the threshold. Meh. When the media reports on this stuff it's never about making aviation safer, just about scaring people into tuning in.
"Near disasters" happen to Westjet and so on, too. Go-arounds are pretty routine and there did not seem to be any urgency in this situation. From the timings of the recording, I guess the pilot was told to go around at more than half a mile from the threshold. Meh. When the media reports on this stuff it's never about making aviation safer, just about scaring people into tuning in.
If you give a man some fire, he'll be warm for awhile. If you set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.