How does the pilot not notice the plane has dropped 1,200 feet?
Two pilots did not realise their plane had dropped dramatically because they were distracted.
A Boeing 737 carrying 67 passengers and six crew members was due to land at Aberdeen International Airport on September 11 last year. But a search-and-rescue helicopter needed to take off at the same time and air traffic control had to prioritise it. So the plane was told to do the ‘go-around procedure’ – when a landing is delayed at the last minute, usually because of an obstacle on the runway or a loss of stability.But the plane started to drop again immediately, falling to 1,780 feet above sea level in 57 seconds.
By the time air traffic control radioed the pilots to flag the descent, they had already started to lift the plane again.The Air Accident Investigation Branch investigation labelled the incident ‘serious’ and has since changed its procedures because of it.The move is only required at a rate of three per 1,000 flights in the UK and most pilots would not even expect to have to it once a year.
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