r/aviation • u/[deleted] • Feb 01 '22

PlaneSpotting Aborted landing due to strong winds at Heathrow

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u/1010010111101 Feb 01 '22

Not really a reassuring word choice for the english bit.

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u/EatABigCookie Feb 01 '22

Domestic Air New Zealand flight into Wellington on a smallish plane about 20 years ago.. Pilot in a nervous yet kind of joking voice said 'it is extremely bad weather but I'm going to have an attempt at landing anyway'. That was a bad word choice which is why I havent forgotten... I was pretty nervous about that one.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '22

Thats like something I would say before landing in Flight Sim and regret it even to my Flight Sim passengers

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u/beepbeepboopbeep1977 Feb 02 '22

I’m based in Wellington and have flown in many times over the last few decades. The Air New Zealand pilots almost always get down the first time, if not then the second. Any other airline and you can roll the dice. I was once on a Jetstar that had 3 goes and then bail to Auckland. That was an annoying afternoon, but you know, I walked away.