CNN18d
What’s a go-around? How the routine maneuver helped a pilot avoid getting too close to another aircraft at Reagan National
Pilots can carry out go-arounds if there is a sudden shift in the wind, an obstruction on the ... was about 1.25 miles away from the departing plane before the American Airlines flight turned ...
Time21d
Science: Winds for Wings
At 4,000 to 5,000 feet the passengers’ smiles were broadest, the plane making the best ... Then it slowly shifts to become a south wind, shifts again in the temperate zone to become the ...
The Weather Network28d
Plane crashes at major Canadian airport, cause under investigation
Multiple injuries have been reported after a plane crashed at Pearson International ... among other examples. Sudden wind shifts can destabilize the approach, and blowing snow on the surface ...
Daily Mail8d
Wild moment Qantas plane wobbles and almost tips over while touching down in gale force winds from Tropical Cyclone Alfred
A Qantas pilot has received high praise for safely landing a passenger plane during cyclonic winds. The empty QantasLink plane travelled from safekeeping in Tamworth to arrive in Brisbane amid ...
Yahoo News Canada27d
Plane crashes at major Canadian airport, cause under investigation
On a scale of 0 to 6, he noted braking action measures the effectiveness of the plane's wheel brakes on a runway, based off the conditions of the ramp. Such conditions include standing water, ice, ...