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QF444 Aborted Landing on Monday
Flight number: QF444
Operator: Qantas Airways From: Melbourne Tullamarine International Airport To: Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport Depart: 15:30 (Scheduled) 15:39 (Actual, missing four passengers) Arrival: 16:50 (Scheduled) 17:16 (Actual) Plane Type: Boeing 767-336 Registration number: VH-ZXA Passenger load: Full in economy The plane took off heading west in Melbourne. There were some turbulences because of the rain in Melbourne. After that, the whole flight was quite smooth. The plane did an S curve turn above Royal National Park area. It's quite typical way for landing northbound towards 34L. When I flew SQ in June, the Boeing 777-300ER did the same way. When the plane flew over Cronulla (I could see Caltex oil container there), it started to shake like a pendulum. The pilots adjusted the plane twice, and it became stable. Then the plane descended to land. The two main gears touched the runway (because I heard the loud noise). Around 2-3 seconds later, the engines suddenly accelerated, the plane was pulled off and flew toward Homebush. The captain reported it was caused by strong cross wind. The air traffic control tower change the direction for landing. It did a big U turn in northern suburbs, experienced couple of more cross wind, and finalized a standard landing on 16L. |
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Passengers learn about aborted landings
Hi Danfeng,
This article might be of interest to you.... enjoy. Quote:
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We got down just before hand on rwy34R (though it was the first time I’ve been in a plane that has used all that RWY to stop before exiting). Flukey |
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Rob,
If the pilots took a little longer to settle the plane down due to the wind etc then that would have delayed their braking exercise resulting in them using up more of the runway. Last year I flew to YBCG on DJ and a similar thing happened, took the pilots forever to get the aircraft onto the pavement and settle it down and by the time we had finished braking we were at the end of the runway at the turning bay. |
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