1ºAlexis Russo it’s actually designed as part of the safety system. When your operating in a system to maximize efficiency, you have people not computers, making decisions. The controllers estimate where the aircraft is on final and speed, and usually have a cutoff, to clear another aircraft for takeoff, which is also piloted by humans, you can’t always know how each individual flight crew is going to perform, and then when they get in position for departure, you don’t know if they get an alert in the cockpit, that keeps them from departing as expected. It’s a dynamic system, with many moving parts and hard to explain. You can’t just tell an aircraft in the air to stop, so you initiate a ‘ go around! Where they climb to an altitude and heading away from the aircraft in the runway.
2ºSheila Cunningham I wish the aerodynamic engineers can invent something to avoid turbulence. I was flying a month ago and for around 3 minutes we felt like we are inside a maraca being shaken, so there a horrible sensation the plane was losing lift, felt like a brick inside your stomach. I think even atheists pray at that moment. First time I traveled and people didn’t even use the bathroom, we all clapped when the plane landed. Wasn’t a flight from or to Hawaii to clarify. But like you said, I was watching the video from the Hawaii and I began to Google and see more videos and kind biased me about the weather conditions there.
3ºAlexis Russo I would have to say, not knowing all the details, it’s how the system is designed. Air traffic control is very dynamic with many moving parts and you can’t tell an aircraft in the air to stop. Though you can ask a helicopter to hover. You can’t always know how every pilot is going to perform. You don’t know if they got an alert in the cockpit that delayed the departing aircraft’s departure. Typically when an aircraft is on final approach, depending on the type aircraft and speed, and the type of aircraft that is ready to depart, a controller knows the interval they need to safely clear the other aircraft to depart, however, we do not live in a perfect world, and the ‘go around/abort’ is a way to keep the system safe. Yes it’s inconvenient, but it’s the safety net designed in the system.
4ºAshley Wright they weren’t close to colliding. One was cleared for takeoff with the other aircraft in final to land, this happens all the time, especially at airports that do t have designated runways for departures and arrivals. The departing aircraft did not initiate his takeoff in a timely manner so the other aircraft, either aborted or did a go around. This happens everyday! The controllers try to time things, based on aircraft performance and expectations, just like you do when you drive a car. It’s not a perfect system but go arounds are designed to keep things safe, it’s inconvenient but not unsafe.
5ºKimo Todd except it had nothing to do with Deregulation for the East Palestine derailment. And you can look back just recently to December when the rail workers threatened strike and were forced back to the table to negotiate and forced back to work by the democrat controlled congress and Biden administration without having their concerns on safety as well as other concerns addressed. The Biden admin took a big bow in December that he averted a strike and now pretends no recollection of issues that rail workers tried to raise about a number of issues including inadequate protocols to deal with safety.