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In this new installment we review the approximationón frustrated and its importance in securityérea, being a normal procedure in the aero industryáutica.
Much has been said about Fear to fly, y una de las partes del vuelo que usualmente genera más tensionón in passengers is the approximationón frustrated, O “retouched”, which occurs when the aircraft for one or several reasons cannot land and proceeds to abort its landing, proceeds to regain altitude and try its approach again.ón or failing that, fly to an alternate airport.
Post written by: Capturesán Rodolfo Estrella
FAA Commercial Pilot
Twitter: @rodo_estrella
The part that generates más concernón in the passengers is the sensationón of accelerationón of the engines and regain altitude, which causes fear and questions to the passengers, ¿because he couldn't land? ¿There is danger?
No way. The approximationón frustrated is a very normal procedure and expected by the crew.ón for any flight, and they are standardized procedures that are included in the navigation chart.ón normalized approximationón.
Due to various conditions including meteorologicalía, riding conditions, tráfico, or by an order from traffic controláI'm theéprisoner the aircraft can proceed to make an approachóNo failed landing.
for each flight, The procedure is reviewed and prepared by the crew.ón in case you have to do it, so it is a procedure that is not performed unexpectedly but máYes, if it is done, it is done in a planned and controlled manner..
The case más común, is when an approximationón is not stabilized, This means that on the approach pathóN final to track, The navigationón of the aircraft must meet some torqueámetros técynics that have the objective of achieving a safe landing, if the aircraft reaches a certain point in its descent and if its approachóThe crew is destabilized for safety reasons.óDon't proceed to frustrate your approachón.
Next is the meteorologyía. When visibility isá restricted by climatic conditionsáethics, the approach chartsóThey do not provide informationón about altitude mímood and locationón to which the aviócan'tá descend safely, yes when you arrive at that locationón and altitude mídescent route, there is no visual contact with the runway or some visual references to it, the approach must beón frustrated. In this case the procedure of approximationsóA frustrated path contains an exit route to a specified point.íwhere the aircraft will proceedá to a fatheróno waiting, what is known as a point where the avión “butá turns in círculo” waiting for better weather conditionsólogic to retry the approachón.
Yes afterés of several approximation attemptsón, o visibility conditions do not improve for arrival at the airport, the grandfatherón dutyá fly to an alternate airport, which generates inconvenience for passengers but they are all procedures that are carried out taking the safety of the aircraft and its occupants as a priority.
Many people often wonder if the avión has enough fuel to wait, well yesí, until a certain point, according to regulationón aircraft have combustible calculated to make approximationón frustrated, holding procedures and flying to the planned alternate destination and even afterés of this have reserve fuel.
Finally, The factor that causes fear in the passenger is when the aircraft accelerates to regain altitude after an approach.ón frustrated, For this, modern aircraft have a power calculated for this type of maneuvers that is controlled by the electronic system.ónothing to the administrationón of the engines so the operationón of the engines is sufficient and is not excessive to carry the aircraftón at the assigned altitude for the patternówaiting time or as established by traffic controláI'm theéreo.
There is no risk of overworking the engines and even when the passenger has the unpleasant sensation ofósomething bad happens, actually as mentionedó before, the approximationóA frustrated flight is a procedure that protects the safety of the aircraft and occupants., provides a safe exit in case the aircraft cannot land and provides the opportunity to guide the aircraft to a safe holding area for new landing attempts in case of bad weather conditions.óadverse logic.
There is never danger in this procedure since all the procedures carried outúin aviationón although sometimes they are incómodes, Eastán designñeveryone thinking about safety first.
