FAA: 2 planes nearly collide in Fort Lauderdale

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by xo_kathy

I had that once, too. Landing in Phoenix, but it might have been an Aribus...It was a really bumpy descent anyway - the kind where everyone is nervous, not just the scared fliers. We were so close to the runway you had then sense of relief - whew, we're landing - when we shot almost straight up, it threw us all back in our seats.

We all just stared at each other, then the pilot came on - "Sorry, there was another plane on our landing runway. We'll try again when the traffic clears."

If that wasn't scary enough, we had to deal with another bumpy descent.

A few months ago my girl-friend and I flew into Lagaudia Airport.
As we were landing, I told my friend that I had never seen this approach or runway before.

We landed fine but almost immediately it felt as if the pilot had thrown out two sea anchors. And hit the brakes hard as well.

Never found out what happened. Could have been one of the shorter runways or.....

I should point out that the cockpit door was still closed while we deplaned.

[ZTAngel]

Originally Posted by jon1856

A few months ago my girl-friend and I flew into Lagaudia Airport.
As we were landing, I told my friend that I had never seen this approach or runway before.

We landed fine but almost immediately it felt as if the pilot had thrown out two sea anchors. And hit the brakes hard as well.

Never found out what happened. Could have been one of the shorter runways or.....

I should point out that the cockpit door was still closed while we deplaned.

LaGuardia is a hard airport to fly into since it's on the water. Admittedly, I'm a very nervous flier but I get especially nervous when I fly into LaGuardia. It's always a white-knuckle landing for me.

[DeltAlum]

LaGuardia is a tough airport in many ways -- but it's closest to midtown.

I've been stranded there many times and had a really bizarre situation there -- but it's too long to write.

[AGDee]

I've always had an issue with the term "near miss". Near death means you almost died. Shouldn't near miss mean that you almost missed? If you almost missed, then didn't you hit?

Just one of those weird English language things that bugs me...