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We review in this new installment about the missed approach and its importance in air safety, being a normal procedure in the aeronautical industry.
Much has been said about Fear to fly, and one of the parts of the flight that usually generates the most stress for passengers is the missed approach, the "retact", which occurs when the aircraft for one or several reasons cannot land and proceeds to abort its landing, proceed to resume height and try again to approach or failing that, fly to an alternate airport.
Post written by: Captain Rudolph Star
FAA Commercial Pilot
Twitter: @rodo_estrella
The part that generates the most concern in the passengers is the sensation of acceleration of the engines and resuming height, which causes fear and questions to the passengers, Why couldn't he land?? is there danger?
No way. The missed approach is a very normal procedure and foreseen by the crew for any flight, and they are standardized procedures that are included in the standardized approach navigation chart.
For various conditions including weather, riding conditions, traffic, or by an order from air traffic control, the aircraft may proceed to a missed approach or landing.
for each flight, the procedure is reviewed and prepared by the crew in case it has to be carried out, so it is a procedure that is not performed unexpectedly but rather if it is performed it is done in a planned and controlled manner.
The most common case, is when an approximation is not stabilized, this means that on the final approach slope to the runway, the navigation of the aircraft must meet some technical parameters that have the objective of achieving a safe landing, If the aircraft reaches a certain point in its descent and if its approach is destabilized for safety reasons, the crew proceeds to go around its approach..
Next is the weather. When visibility is restricted by weather conditions, Approach charts provide information on the minimum altitude and location to which the aircraft can safely descend, If, upon reaching that location and minimum altitude of descent, there is no visual contact with the runway or some visual references to it, the missed approach must be proceeded. In this case, the missed approach procedure contains a departure route to a specific point where the aircraft will proceed to a holding pattern., what is known as a point where the plane will “circle” waiting for better weather conditions to attempt the approach again..
If after several approximation attempts, o visibility conditions do not improve for arrival at the airport, the plane must 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 plane has enough fuel to wait, well yes, until a certain point, By regulation, aircraft have combustible calculated to perform missed approach, holding procedures and fly to the planned alternate destination and still have reserve fuel after that.
Finally, the factor that causes fear in the passenger is when the aircraft accelerates to regain altitude after a missed approach, For this, modern aircraft have a calculated power for this type of maneuver that is controlled by the electronic engine management system, so that the operation of the engines is sufficient and not excessive to take the aircraft to the altitude assigned for the flight. holding pattern or established by air traffic control.
There is no risk of overworking the engines and even when the passenger has the unpleasant feeling that something is wrong, actually as mentioned before, the missed approach is a procedure that safeguards the safety of the aircraft and occupants, provides a safe exit in case the aircraft is unable to land and provides the opportunity to drive the aircraft to a safe holding area for further landing attempts in case of adverse weather conditions.
There is never danger in this procedure since all the procedures that are carried out in aviation although sometimes they are uncomfortable, are designed with safety first.
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