"Corrie" wrote in message
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Joachim Feise wrote in message
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Paul Tomblin wrote:

In a previous article, "Yossarian" said:

minutes later. Pretty minor I guess but I've never seen or heard of a
heavy
jet doing a go around. Must have freaked some of the passengers out!

On a 737 making a bad approach to the "alternate" MSP runway one night
- high, fast, too-tight base-to final turn ... I was *real* glad he
didn't try to salvage it. No announcement over the interconm, though.

Somewhat related, several years ago I watched a United 737 land at
SLC, taxi back, and take off again. Wrong airport? Weird to see it.

Along the same lines, a few years back I was on an AmericaWest flight into
Long Beach (LGB). I couldn't see the ground from my window, but when I did
we were almost at touch down...I thought.

When we touched, the pilot hit the brakes hard and didn't even deploy the
reversers. Almost immediately, he made a hard left turn onto the taxiway.
Being on the right hand side, I looked out and saw...the THRESHOLD LIGHTS
for the opposite end of the runway just outside my window. As near as I can
recall, he made the last taxiway for turning off the runway.

Tom
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