Aborted landing - anybody experienced one?

Landed this aft in Hamburg - at 2nd attempt.

First attempt plane was literally about 10m above the runway, then started to do a kind of Irish jig. Pilot put his foot down and we just took off again, round in a big circle, then tried again, and bingo, down we were.

Anyone else experienced that?

By the way no-one booed the pilot after the 2nd attempt he got a decent clap

 

last week, and the wheels actually touched the ground

seriously shook me up

 

Had an aborted take off...got to full speed then pulled up

Had to change aircraft.

Pilot said

"little problem with one of the generators, ground crew were aware of the problem but neglected to tell us"

 

yeah just about to touch down in majorca 2 yrs back when the pilot suddenly went straight back up you could of heard a pin drop inside the plane,my first thoughts were another plane had strayed onto the runway,but the pilot came on and said we were hit by a very strong gust of wind ,there were some very strong gusts of wind inside the plane too !!!

 

At Manchester, the plane was almost down when it went straight back up due to an animal being spotted on the runway, god knows what!

 

Sounds scary, glad you can see the funny side now.

Had an aborted take-off at Chicago... pilot taxi'd round, everything shut down for a minute then started back up. Pilot came over the intercom to say "We aborted cos we got a warning light on the ILS. we've tried rebooting the aircraft and it seems to be ok now, so we'll come round for another try."

That's the quietest flight I've ever been on. Pity i couldn't sleep!

 

Was an experience but somehow no one seemed really worried. The pilot same on the intercom after a few minutes and said "Ladies and gentleman, there is no cause for alarm" then it want silent.

That was far more worrying. Why was there "no cause for alarm"? Sounded like there was every possible "cause for alarm". Then he came back and said something about a problem with wind. We all held our noses and landed safely the 2nd time.

 

was once on a flight when the captain came on and said that we had a problem with both engines and we may have to shut them down and glide for a while,this women jumped up took her clothes off and said "come on someone make me feel like a real women",so i jumped up took my shirt off threw it to her and said......."here iron that"..taxi!

 

Ha ha

Tek thi coit wi thi in that taxi!

 

i will cos i can't tek me shirt she ant' ironed it yet!,typical woman.. i said to our lass the other night shall we try some differant positions she said ok,you stand and do the ironing and i'll lay on the setee belching and farting!!,i'll get mi coat now

 

A couple. One a Gulf Air flight into Bombay and another PIA into Karachi.
Aborted take off on a BA flight to somewhere when the co-pilot had a stroke, and 1 emergency landing when a Saudia flight hit wind shear over the alps on the way to Riyadh. I was pissed on that one, so the vision of a food trolley and attendant pinned to the cabin ceiling was only a bit surreal - caused a lot of havoc when stuff came crashing down mind, and what with all the 'locals' dressed in their finery on board the aftermath was more like carnage in a laundrette.

 

Cardiff fan?

 

RE: Aborted take off at Manchester

up to full throttle.....thenbam ! anchors slammed on !!! we were right at the back of the plane and it seemed to take an eternity to stop you could see the plane veering from side to side. When it stopped the pilot spoke in one of those 'I'm so laid back I sound like I've been smoking weed' voices. 'errrrm you errr might have errr noticed that we didn't take off...(no **** sherlock) errrr one of the instruments was showing a funny reading...errr we've had the ground crew check it out , we've tapped the dial and we think it's ok... we're going to have a another run at take off as it should be ok'</p>

When we went down the runway for the second time needless to say there were some white knuckles.</p>

 

One in Abadan, Iran

in a sandstorm in a DC6 in the early 60s. First attempt, wrong end of runway. Second attempt on the short airtaxi runway. Third attempt amongst the debris between the two runways. Minimum panic as we left by the chutes, in spite of the fact that the aircraft ran on high octane petrol. The last person off, a stewardess, broke her ankle.

 

was it "pigeon" c(f)lapping ?

 

Yep, pretty much the same experience although mine was particularly memorable as I was sat next to my mate who is absolutely terrified of flying - he's an inspector of aircraft engines and knows the boys working on them!

Worst experience I've had was dropping a couple of thousand feet instantaneously - I was in the toilet at the time and literally hit the roof! Luckily, I was only adjusting my clothing at the time- could have been much worse. The look on the stewardesses faces when I came out was priceless.

 

Bluebird, that's a bit worrying......

...that a guy who inspects aircraft engines is petrified of flying. Is there any connection or is it an irrational one?

 

Don't worry......

..it's an irrational one!

He's nervous in the car as well

 

Eeee dar a funny un dee.

You peddling your arse down Pond St. this morning?