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Originally Posted by DeltAlum
I was in an airplane landing in Denver a couple of years ago and we were literally "over the fence" (over airport boundry) probably less than 500 feet in the air and had to "go around." The pilot announced that there was still another aircraft on the runway.
Thankfully, someone caught it, be we should have never been that close behind another landing airplane.
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Probably some dipshit who either: crossed the 'hold' line (that solid and dashed line painted on the taxiway no one is supposed to cross without permission from ATC) or a lazy-ass who's too slow to clear the runway after rollout.
Try doing a go-around in a 'Mad Dog' MD-80... Back when Continental flew MD-80s I was flying into 27R at IAH (Houston Intercontinental) when the captain hit the 'TOGA' (take off/go around) switch and we were forced into a go-around. After some serious, quick fighter-jock maneuvering from the captain with the concurrence of ATC we lined up into the crosswind runway complex (15L)and landed without a problem without having to get back into the landing queue for 27R. Sure enough, the previous aircraft didn't clear the runway.
BTW... I was self-loading cargo, not flight crew.
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