Air Berlin buzzes the tower on final transatlantic flight

[OzEire]

Pilot of the Final Air Berlin Transatlantic Flight is in Hot Water for His Landing Maneuver - View from the Wing via @garyleff

AB7001 from Miami on the final TransAtlantic for the airline.

The plane was filmed coming down to land at the airport by plane enthusiasts, who noticed that it was too high.

“It’s too high, it’s too high,” one person can be heard gasping on the video.

The jet, carrying 200 passengers, then swoops over the runway before making a tight left curve around the terminal and heading back up into the sky.

 

[BAM1748]

Who would have thought. Germans and fun.

 

[AisleSeat]

"Tower, this is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby."
"That's a negative Ghost Rider, the pattern is full."

 

[docjames]

Wow, really surprised they'd do that with pax on board.

 

[williamsf1]

looks fun ... Very sad to see them go

was fun while it lasted

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Little bit of fun and the air traffic controllers certainly seemed to appreciate it I guess the 'investigation' element helps get news coverage. Which is a good thing.

 

[drron]

And a couple of different angles of the"go around"-

 

[Flying Fox]

"Tower, this is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby."
"That's a negative Ghost Rider, the pattern is full."

And if you screw up just this much, you'll be flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog spit out of Hong Kong!