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We had a flight into Orlando today. Heavy rain all around the airport. Pilot aborted the landing twice when we were a few hundred yards from the

Posted by prayformojo (aka mayhem) Oct 28 '21, 13:22

runway b/c visibility was so bad.

We ended up getting diverted to Ft. Myers. Refueled and got back up into the air once the weather cleared - finally landed in Orlando ~2 hours late, but frankly I thought we wouldn't take off again until this evening

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Hopefully that doesn't happen tomorrow. My wife might never get back on a plane. -- nm - spamlet Oct 28, 13:55 2
- Are you going to Denverlando too? -- nm - ty97 Oct 28, 13:58 1
  - Half right. - spamlet Oct 28, 13:59
"We're taking you to Tampa instead." NOOOO!!!! -- nm - Mop Oct 28, 13:31 1
- Would have been a shorter diversion, but if it's storming in Orlando it's quite possibly storming in Tampa. -- nm - ty97 Oct 28, 13:33
All the way down to RSW, wow (wave to my parents!) - ty97 Oct 28, 13:27
I seriously would have melt down if this had happened to us. - The Allfather Oct 28, 13:24 10
- See above! It's a standard procedure! It has an acronym! You're fine! -- nm* - ty97 Oct 28, 13:28 1
  - Only good things have acronyms, never bad! -- nm - Reagen Oct 28, 13:30
- The crew (all female - pilot, copilot, flt attendants) and the passengers all did a really good job of taking everything in stride -- nm - prayformojo Oct 28, 13:27 7
  - That explains it. - Spawn Oct 28, 13:42 1
    - You mean, it explains why they were cool about it. -- nm - loosilu Oct 28, 13:54
  - They would have had to drug me. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 28, 13:29 4
    - Billy Gunn would knock you out then -- nm - Remlik Oct 28, 13:39
    - Sometimes they do these last minute 'take off again' procedures because a plain didn't clear off the runway you are trying to use and you'd hit it. -- nm - ty97 Oct 28, 13:30 2
      - you're not helping :) -- nm - kilbooooo! Oct 28, 13:36 1
        
        It has an acronym! -- nm - ty97 Oct 28, 13:54
I had that happen once in Denver last year. It is freaky. -- nm - kilbooooo! Oct 28, 13:24 2
- weird that they'd divert a plane from Denver to Ft. Myers. -- nm* - Reagen Oct 28, 13:27 1
  - It was snowing in 99% of the country! -- nm - ty97 Oct 28, 13:31
Yikes. Glad you got there safely. -- nm - znufrii Oct 28, 13:22 7
- "I apologize about that, folks, but....well, I just couldn't see the runway" -- nm - what the pilot told us Oct 28, 13:27 6
  - Were you flying to Orlando Sanford? I figured MCO had ILS? -- nm - ty97 Oct 28, 13:29 4
    - we were going into MCO -- nm - prayformojo Oct 28, 13:35 3
      - Huh weird. I thought ILS allowed planes to land without visibility, but I'm not actually versed in it or know the rules -- nm - ty97 Oct 28, 13:53 2
        
        Maybe you still need to be able to see it at the last minute at least to make sure it's clear, even if you use ILS? -- nm - ty97 Oct 28, 13:54 1
        
        This. Every ILS approach has a decision height associated with the approach. At that height, the crew has to make the decision to land or go around - JD Oct 28, 15:29
  - Holy crap! -- nm - zunk xometimes Oct 28, 13:28

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