It may have been a test flight, checking avionics,
auto-pilot, etc. The crew may also have been in training.
Maybe they just needed a few more minutes to complete some
flight time experience requirement and a go-around was
better than and would use less time than another flight
cycle.

It may have been because of something you didn't see, like
another airplane or vehicle on the runway and ATC may have
issued the go-around.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Ramapriya" wrote in message
oups.com...
|I was admiring an Emirates A330 on finals earlier today. It
appeared to
| be on the proper glide path (guaging from the earlier
string of
| aircraft). A mile out or so, for some reason, TOGA! and
the aircraft
| went into quite a nose-up attitude and climbed away,
aborting the
| landing.
|
| This go-around happened on a clear wintry morning with
little or no
| wind. Hope the Cap'n doesn't lose his job, unless there
was some other
| reason like runway incursion )
|
| Have you guys ever missed an approach and had to hit TOGA?
And does a
| go-around make its way as a pilot's log book entry?
|
| Ramapriya
|