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[AviatorInsight]

I was travelling into HND last night on VA77 from CNS. We had internet and I was watching FR24 as we approached the airport from the South.

All of a sudden we did a go around veering to the left and doing a clockwise loop with those on the right windows getting a terrific view of Tokyo in the evening. We landed 34 minutes later.

The pilot came over the PA suggested that due to separation/congestion issues our flight drew the short straw.

From what I recall and looking at the track, we had a lot of course changes coming in but otherwise, aircraft were spaced out on the flight path other than maybe we got too close to the one in front near the end.

Is this a common occurrence at HND and looking at the approach is there anything unusual?

The go around was shortly after 10:40 UTC on Jan. 31st.

Nope nothing unusual. They issue your descent clearance well before your nominated top of descent and drag you in well below profile.

You will also hardly be on the arrival and they will vector you instead to achieve the required spacing.

As you get closer they also start issuing speed restrictions. This is a non negotiable for them. You need to be at that speed. Anything faster or slower and they will pick you up on it. Similar to exceeding the 250kt limitation in the US.

My guess is the crew probably didn’t fly close enough to the speed so ATC took you off the approach and brought you around again.

 

[Saab34]

Recent departure from CNS, A321, they didnt raise the gear until 5000ft.

Any potential reasons around this? The aircraft has 70 mins on the ground prior to leaving. Runway was wet. Prior arrival would have been on a wet runway also.

 

[jb747]

Recent departure from CNS, A321, they didnt raise the gear until 5000ft.

Any potential reasons around this? The aircraft has 70 mins on the ground prior to leaving. Runway was wet. Prior arrival would have been on a wet runway also.

When the aircraft take off, the brakes are automatically applied as part of the retraction sequence. If there were issues with that, then the MEL may require the gear to be left down for a specified length of time. That dramatically affects the performance calculations, as you have to consider the gear as being locked down for the obstacle clearance and engine out cases. Well, you should, anyway.

 

[Hvr]

https://www.news.com.au/travel/how-dumb-can-a-person-be-bodybuilder-defends-stupid-plane-engine-stunt/news-story/ca32b67ee3900e63eb9691ab1a6173b6

After this person is removed and hopefully permanently banned from being near an airport, what checks would need to be made of the engine and the aircraft generally?

 

[jb747]

https://www.news.com.au/travel/how-dumb-can-a-person-be-bodybuilder-defends-stupid-plane-engine-stunt/news-story/ca32b67ee3900e63eb9691ab1a6173b6

After this person is removed and hopefully permanently banned from being near an airport, what checks would need to be made of the engine and the aircraft generally?

From what I gather it actually happened a while back and the video has just come to light, in which case the answer is probably nothing. If they’d known at the time, probably an engineers ‘daily’ inspection of the entire aircraft. I gather he’s no longer employed at the airport, but I think security would be having a look at what happened too. If he didn’t need to be there, I’m sure there’s a law or three that he’s broken.

Moronic thing to do. The engine isn’t running, but those spinning discs weigh a hundred kgs or so, and even the wind would impart enough energy to cause severe injury. Yes, crew have had pictures taken there for years, but not in front of a spinning fan.