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!
we had a similar issue on our flight into Rome at the point of Surface and Near-Surface, the cabin crew looked worried and pilot said was trub the plane sounded like it was going to stall at one point, but had turb on the way back and plane coped very well. I am also wondering if 35k alt was too much for the A320, there was barely enough oxygen in the cabin. too scary for words.
