Here we go again

[codash1099]

Well, at least they are true to form, right down to the trolling for stories:

Reports of near-miss at Melbourne Airport | Herald Sun

 

[mannej]

Someone at AFF should contact news Corp with a bogus QF story and see if it gets published;-)


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*FWIW it looks like QF439 went around, but the later JQ563 went around twice. Although webtrak probably doesn't show everything, it seems that the go-around was initiated around 150-200m. Watching on further it seems that there indeed were several other go-arounds.

The article reminds me of a Youtube clip of an American Lawyer who went to a news channel after being on a flight that went around stating that go-arounds are dangerous.

 

[Slats7]

Reports of near-miss at Melbourne Airport

MELBOURNE travellers have told of a near miss between a landing Qantas 767 jet and a Jetstar plane on the ground at Melbourne Airport today.

Martin Russell said that just after 3pm a Qantas jet was 10 metres above the runway but aborted the landing and took off.


He said 10 seconds later a Jetstar plane appeared on the ground at the spot on the east-west runway where the Qantas jet was about to land.


Mr Russell, a businessman from Hawthorn, said that if the Qantas plane had not taken off, there would have been a head-on crash.


But a spokesman for Air Services Australia, which runs the control towers at the airport, said there had been no reports of a near-miss incident.


Reports of near-miss at Melbourne Airport | Herald Sun



Just a media beat up??

 

[samh004]

Re: Reports of near-miss at Melbourne Airport

I used WebTrak and found QF439 aborted a landing at ~15:05, right after JQ704 landed. JQ563 then also aborts at 15:11 on the same runway, while QF797 then aborts on the longer runway at 15:24.

 

[nlagalle]

Problem is everyone's a reporter in todays social media world.

 

[Sprucegoose]

Problem is everyone's a reporter in todays social media world.

Yes, agree, it hard to dignify this type of diatribe with a response really

 

[mannej]

The article reminds me of a Youtube clip of an American Lawyer who went to a news channel after being on a flight that went around stating that go-arounds are dangerous.

YouTube - Dangerous Flight Maneuvers at U.S. Airports?