Hi All,
Im new here, so please forgive me if I will ask stupid question, I was passenger yesterdays flight from Prague to Warsaw, LO524,
We didnt land at first time, we did second circle above Warsaw, thee Crew didnt say why,
I have checked that on flightaware.com there is writine somethinhg like below:
WHat does it means “Surface and Near-Surface”?
Thank You a lot for explanation,
BR Marcin Okrasa
Hi Marcin,
That is just Flight Aware’s way of saying the aircraft likely did a low approach.
Most likely the tower just cancelled their landing clearance and directed them to go around.
Their approach was very stable. Another aircraft landed a few minutes before them and cleared the active runway. Immediately after that, a ground vehicle (ads-b equipped) entered the runway at the approach end and drove down the runway in the ground vehicle.
Possibly the first aircraft reported an object on the runway (FOD = Foreign Object Damage), or had an issue that required a runway check after they landed. A ground vehicle normally would not do an “unscheduled” runway check with an aircraft on short final unless there was a good reason.
My guess is something was reported on the runway.
FR24 has a very nice replay that shows all aircraft and also the ground vehicle (DOP GRND).
The ground vehicle entered the runway on Thursday, 4 July 2024 at 08:52 UTC, right in front of your aircraft, while you were about 2 to 3 nautical miles out. That caused the go around. The ground vehicle was still on the runway when you flew over it, but exited shortly after that to the right.
Regards,
-Dan
Edit: Corrected typo in time above to correct 08:52 UTC.
Edit: Humor: Also fixed the year!
Hi Dan,
Thank You a lot for Your detailed information!
Have a great day!
