@falstro Every time I see or hear "Mama", Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody starts playing in my head. That or the Muppet's version...
@kevin a valid point. Dan's statement seemed to indicate they were simultaneous landings, which, in my layman's mind, wouldn't happen due to a wind switch
I recall there was an ATC recording where Approach and Tower had a miscommunication about a runway switch, and ended up sending landing planes right into the departure path...
@ratchetfreak this reminds me of the lovely simultaneous approaches to 22L and 11 at EWR. Usually timed so the aircraft for 22 crosses 11 just as you are coming across the airport fence for 11. If that gets messed up the plane for 11 goes around and you hope the one for 22 doesn't need to do the same.
some close calls have happened as a result of the airplane on 22 also going around
@FreeMan in this case, it was because they wanted to practise ILS approaches, and the ILS is only on runway 23, while the wind was more favourable for runway 05
they weren't simultaneous landings; the Embraer called for its straight-in approach just as we turned onto final
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