Apparent "near miss" at Melbourne

[Ikara]

FWIW

My wife, daughter and two grand-daughters were on JQ773 (ADL - MEL) this morning. I received the following SMS from my daughter......

"Plane was descending and next minute shot off up through the clouds at high speed, engines roaring...apparently we were about to land on top of another plane on the runway..so the pilot said when he came back on the PA".

I'm unable to find any other info, so my daughter's first hand experience is all we have and she is not prone to exaggeration.

JB

 

[Simo]

Glad no one injured

 

[straitman]

FWIW

My wife, daughter and two grand-daughters were on JQ773 (ADL - MEL) this morning. I received the following SMS from my daughter......

"Plane was descending and next minute shot off up through the clouds at high speed, engines roaring...apparently we were about to land on top of another plane on the runway..so the pilot said when he came back on the PA".

I'm unable to find any other info, so my daughter's first hand experience is all we have and she is not prone to exaggeration.

JB

Just looking at this from a different perspective as this could have happened for a number of reasons.

All flights and air traffic control operate to preset limits and minimums. Sometimes situations occur that can compromise these limits. For example an aircraft is cleared for takeoff but for some unknown reason takes an extra 30 seconds or so on the runway. The next aircraft that was on final approach is now getting too close and only has one option and that is to initiate a go around (climb) and this includes engines roaring and climbing through the clouds. The pilot or the controller could initiate this.

From a pilots perspective a go around or overshoot is quite a normal procedure and not a big event. It is purely a transition from a descent profile to a climb profile. It's not something you do everyday but something that is learnt prior to a pilots first solo flight.

 

[jb747]

Presumably the aircraft already on the runway wasn't quick enough to get under way. When it becomes apparent that the departing aircraft will not get airborne before the other arrives at the (other end of the) runway, either ATC will send them around, or the crew will initiate it themselves. Late landing clearances are common, but sometimes they don't work out. It's not a near miss....it's really just normal operations.

 

[benjy]

According to Flight Radar flight got down to 3,000 feet at 161knts then speed increased to 243knts and height at 4,000, remain steady while plane turned and descended as per normal. Guessing business as usual, however if media get hold it may get dramatised.

 

[jb747]

Ok, I've had a look at it on FR24. They were nowhere near the runway. Basically they were following an Air Canada 787. Jetstar was a bit faster than normal, and much faster than AC. There was never going to be adequate separation on the runway, so the approach was discontinued at about 3,000' and six miles from the runway. So, nothing like a near miss.

 

[Ikara]

All good input - thanks - and that is why I useb the word apparent and put "near miss" in inverted commas.

 

[eric2011]

Just another day at the office