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LH 458 Go Around At SFO

Js From Malta, joined Aug 2001, 104 posts, RR: 0
Posted (3 years 3 months 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 1295 times:

I believe that LH 458 performed a go around this evening when landing at SFO. Can anyone confirm or does anyone have any specific details?

Thanks

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Roots From United States, joined Feb 2004, 98 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (3 years 3 months 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 1178 times:

Yes that's confirmed. I was driving north on 101 past San Bruno mountain around 6:50 pm tonight when I saw an LH A340-600 climbing and turning to the south. That can only mean it was going around.

Pr1268 From United States, joined Dec 2003, 232 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (3 years 3 months 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1020 times:

I got to ride in a go-around back in 1989 flying on a military charter (Fed-Ex, ex-Flying Tigers) 747-200 at CRK. The pilots misjudged the approach and I swear we were doing like 20 degree approach slope! Full flaps, gear down, engines at idle. We were still incredibly high at the threshold, so the pilots did the honorable thing. They even announced over the P/A what was going on as we were climbing out to go around.

I suppose even more disturbing is an aborted t/o - I witnessed a DL 763 abort after about 2000 ft of roll on Runway 08 at SJU back about 10 years ago (Is that restaurant with the viewing deck still open?).

The only time an aircraft has too much fuel is when it is on fire.

HT From Germany, joined May 2005, 4531 posts, RR: 20
Reply 3, posted (3 years 3 months 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 991 times:

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Reason for a go-around at SFO probably was other traffic:
- on the crossing runways
- on the runway destined for the landing or on the parallel one
- closing in too fast onto slower traffic on parallel approach - a not uncommon situation at SFO due to the fact that runways are one 550ft apart (IIRC) where am EMB-120 Brasilia has to speed in order to stay ahead of a B747 (or similar).

-HT

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Grude1087 From Japan, joined Feb 2004, 40 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (3 years 3 months 4 days ago) and read 844 times:

I was watching landings at SFO about two months ago and within 30 minutes saw a KLM 777 and an Air China 744 both have to do fly-by's. It was quite a busy morning!

ZOTAN From United States, joined Jan 2005, 521 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (3 years 3 months 4 days ago) and read 827 times:

This isnt very big news. Go around's happen many, many times a day.

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AA54Heavy From United States, joined Nov 2003, 189 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (3 years 3 months 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 658 times:

Quoting ZOTAN (Reply 5):
This isnt very big news. Go around's happen many, many times a day.

Yeah, next thing that'll happen is a topic titled "American MD-80 Takes-off"....

Roger that, turning to our "other" left

10MID From Singapore, joined Aug 2004, 192 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (3 years 3 months 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 510 times:

They were doing a fly by with the Blue Angels.

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