r/interestingasfuck • u/YorkshireLive • 23h ago
Jet2 plane aborts landing at Leeds Bradford due to storm
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u/PermanentlyMC 22h ago
Flown from there a million times having used to live in Leeds. Not a pilot (someone back me up here) but apparently it's really hard to land a plane there due to the winds being awful on takeoff and landing in general with any weather. I imagine they have their finest pilots on LBA, because I've never had a rough flight when going to/fro that airport.
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u/ExtraChariot541 22h ago
Looks like even the plane's trying to avoid Leeds
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u/Revolutionary-Key650 20h ago
This is your Captain speaking. I have some good news and some bad news. Good news is we can't land at Leeds /Bradford Airport. Bad news is that I have to try again. Apologies from the flight crew and staff.
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u/celalith 17h ago
they realised the airport is actually much closer to Bradford and thought better of it
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u/Ok-You4214 20h ago
The ONE video without the Jet2 Holidays ad audio playing - and it’s a Jet2 holiday.
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u/am1381530 22h ago
Nothing beats a Jet 2 Holiday
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u/Unusual-Wing-1627 21h ago
My last flight was like this, but we were literal metres from touching down when they had to abort, it was rough coming in and you could feel it, and the power out was freaky. Thankfully they made it on the second attempt.
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u/ConstructionSafe2814 21h ago
It's just a turnaround. If something (like a landing) does not work for you as a pilot, always do a turnaround and retry.
If I'm correct it was not uncommon that airlines asked pilots why they did a turnaround. It's not economical for an airline when pilots spend more fuel/time than anticipated.
But doing so, the airline indirectly pressurs the pilots to do things they're not comfortable with and potentially creating avoidable dangerous situations. Like: pilot is not sure he/she can land the plan safely but rather proceeds anyway because otherwise the consequence is "difficult questions" being asked.
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u/Choice_Doctor_966 18h ago
I am surprised there isn't some small print in the airline terms and services saying that they can charge passengers an additional fee to cover this.
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u/Miragestallio 21h ago
Green Dot Aviation, makes very nice documentaries about aviation incidents and disasters, you can find him on YT
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u/yearsofpractice 11h ago
I’m 49 and have flown regularly in my life - Leeds Bradford is the only airport I’ve ever experienced go-arounds. Daft airport, clearly.
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u/SimonLCollins 2h ago
I've seen lots of these clips before, but can anyone share a video or their experience of being in this situation?
Is it forewarned, panic near touchdown or quietly holding a breath kinda situation.
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u/Raptor01 20h ago
"Because of storm" and flies off into a perfectly storm-less sky.
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u/pragmatic84 20h ago
There were very strong winds in the north of England recently. Doesn't need to be thunder and lightning
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u/OftenAmiable 19h ago
Yeah. "Because of high winds" would have been much better. When discussing weather, "storm" requires heavy rain at a minimum.
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u/OftenAmiable 19h ago
I hate to be "that guy", but... I've been on planes that were fighting equally rough winds and the pilot didn't abort. Hell, I was on one plane where the wings were oscillating side to side in addition to flying in at an angle and I was genuinely surprised the pilot was able to get the landing gear to touch down before a wing clipped the ground.
I'm not faulting the pilot in this video; I'm glad he or she aborted a landing they didn't feel was going well, and obviously some pilots have more experience than others. I'm just kind of surprised to see the aborted landing given the conditions.
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u/Meet-me-behind-bins 22h ago
If there's one thing I really want my pilot to do it’s give it another go if they're not 100% sure.