Dangerous Flight Maneuvers at U.S. Airports?

SelectPlusDangerous Flight Maneuvers at U.S. Airports?Dangerous Flight Maneuvers at U.S. Airports?The Associated PressEach year thousands of planes are forced to pull up at runways at major American cities. The maneuver is called a 'go around.' As Ted Shaffrey reports, some are concerned about the safety of this practice.((Newark, NJ)) Last December Howard Kronberg (Krawn-berg) was a passenger on a flight about to touch down at the airport in Newark, New Jersey, when he feared his life was over. ((Howard Kronberg, Airline Passenger)) "It's a catastrophic accident waiting to happen." The pilot was forced to pull up suddenly, aborting the landing, because another plane hadn't cleared the runway ahead of it. "We immediately climbed drastically to altitude." NATS: go around. They are called "go arounds" and they happen thousands of times a year at U-S airports, according to an Associated Press review of tower logs from eight of the nation's busiest airports. It's when air traffic controllers clear a plane to land but have to abort the landing, and order the plane to circle around. They are a symptom of severe air traffic congestion. At some airports, controllers say they increase the risk of a mid-air collision with another aircraft. NATS: Controllers like Mike Reilly, who works at Newark Liberty International Airport, say they are unavoidable. ((Michael Reilly, Air Traffic Controller)) "You got a get it right the first time, if you don't, you gotta take the safe route and send one around T AKE VO: You better be good, and we are good, but it's not fun, it gets your adrenaline going, a little too much going." Controllers say they are under a lot of pressure to keep traffic moving. "There's pressure, the airlines gotta spend a lot of money on gas these days, the more they are in the air, the more gas they are using, they want the planes on the ground." With growing demand from the public for air travel, it's not clear how the congestion problem can be fixed. And from airport to airport, controllers say there are no clear cut procedures how to deal with "go arounds." "we wanna do it standardized, not by the seat of our pants, which is what we're doing now." The F-A-A says it is reviewing "go around" procedures at several U-S airports, after the N-T-S-B called "go around" procedures at some of them, deficient. Something passengers like Howard Kronberg say they already knew. Ted Shaffrey, The Associated Press, Newark, New Jersey

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[danizzle69]

god i hate the media, lets take another small story and blow it out of proportion

[avaitionnerd111]

sorry but the whole report was just stupid and retarded

go arounds happen all time

this is why i hate the average " person "

they no nothing about how the aviation world works .

every second there thinking

"I feared for my life"

sorry but get a grip

you know nothing on what goes on to keep your flying safe ..

[Byron10301]

Mr Kronberg is a dipshit ... I have been around pilots and ATCs very often, these people work very VERY hard to provide safety for us, and given the difficulty of their job, they are not rewarded AT ALL financially (a bus driver in Canada makes more money than a VFR controller or a flight specialist) Way to disrespect and disappoint them by being a cheap attention whore.

[Ragegamer2]

It makes sense that Kronberg is a moron; he's a fucking insurance lawyer!

[lycoming333]

Wow...Dont fly if you dont like G force.

[sarumokidesu]

I want to know who brought their son into work with them. On the first clip of the ATC, that guy looks like about erm....12.

[paulnod]

Bullshit video ,At london Gatwick Airport with a single operation runway this happens alot. A last second aborted landing is not unheard of , but look at Gatwicks safety record ....prettty good

[1irishluck]

umm... is a plotted and standard go around procedure really seat-of-the-pants?

[RANDOMNESS873]

if we did not have go arounds we would have a crash everyday!!!

[theolescotsman]

As a 30+ year Air Traffic Controller and a pilot this guy Kronberg is an idiot!!!!!

[Pagweb]

The should have sent a correspondent that had a background in aviation. This story is silly if you do know what a go-around is.

[ssteven4]

A go around is a safe maneuver used to avoid an unsafe situation. But I'm glad AP got Kronberg to comment. Having once been a passenger on an airline, he is more than qualified to analyze aviation safety.