Good job we have Pete.....

tut · Post by **tut** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 8:21 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28200666

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ps:- very appropriately named "a runway at El Prat airport"

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 10:15 pm

tut wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28200666

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ps:- very appropriately named "a runway at El Prat airport"

robin · Post by **robin** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 8:56 am

Reading the article it sounds like a storm in a tea cup ... though no explanation of why the landing aircraft aborted the landing?

Cheers,
Robin

tut · Post by **tut** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:03 am

Could be that he was heading directly for it and did not want to plough into it and go up in a ball of flame.

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robin · Post by **robin** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:14 am

They weren't that close in reality, it's just the camera angle that makes it look that way.

Cheers,
Robin

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 12:14 pm

A bit more information here, it states the aircraft was about 20 seconds from touch down when the go-around was initiated, however it also claims that the aircraft could have landed safely.

http://avherald.com/h?article=476e99b0&opt=0

tut · Post by **tut** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 3:09 pm

Don't worry, Russian pilot in the air, Argentinian pilot on the ground, they would have managed a collision somehow, so probably better that he overshot.
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