A pilot reveals the reality of go-arounds—why they happen, how they’re flown, and why abandoning a landing is often the safest decision.

A last-second rejected landing demands precise aircraft handling and coordination between both pilots and air traffic control.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Question: When should a pilot initiate a go-around? I am a student pilot and I know enough to go around if the tower tells me to ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - A Delta flight was instructed to perform a go-around procedure before landing Thursday in order to avoid a Cape Air flight that was taking off at the same time, according to a Delta ...

On Saturday afternoon, as storm clouds built up over Central Nepal, three international flights performed Go-arounds at Kathmandu airport. A Qatar Airways Airbus A330 from Doha, a Boeing 737 Max of ...

NEWARK, N.J. - A United Airlines jetliner was coming in for a landing at the Las Vegas airport in 2006 when the tower radioed that a smaller plane was still crossing the runway. So the United pilot ...

OUR MARY SALADNA REPORTS FROM LOGAN TONIGHT. MARY, THAT FLIGHT FROM BOSTON WAS A REPUBLIC AIRWAYS COMMERCIAL JET. AVIATION EXPERTS AGAIN RAISING SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DANGEROUS MIX OF HELICOPTER ...

Neither pilot of a Ryanair Boeing 737 Max 8-200 noticed that the aircraft was descending from its assigned altitude during a go-around, after the captain wrongly assumed the autopilot and autothrottle ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...