Flightradar - some poor passengers really aren't landing at Madeira at the moment

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2 landing attempts and still not down.

I think it's windy there

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At the first attempt too. So maybe the wind is dropping.

We went to Madeira just before they extended the runway. You could literally see a women pegging out her washing on the hillside as we landed and the plane used all.the runway....which ended at the sea! It was a really scary landing .... without any weather issues.

We were on one of the flights which had to land at Porto Santo yesterday. Even the captain said in all his years of flying he’d never had to land there before.

when we eventually landed at Funchal, for the first time ever , I joined into applause😂

I must be old, my first thought was how well her washing must dry.

What other airports are good to watch, anyone have a favourite?

Posters are either fake bravado or robots.

Of course it is scary, aborting landing is scary, circling airspace for ages knowing it is challenging landing is scary.

Doesn't matter if it is statistically safe, still scary.

I was scared when we were circling Heathrow and they moved me from the emergency exit door (I'm 5ft and 6 stone) and put a large man in my seat.

There are about 4/5 planes in convoy all waiting to land at Funchal. Everyone deserves a stiff drink.

Nope, I don't just love MN because of the threads but because there is always someone that is actually involved!

Are you having a holiday?

"there is always someone that is actually involved!"

Yes but .....

Nooooo. Enter Air!

Look, that doesn't really help knowing if I die on a plane it will be instant..

Oh my goodness leaning about most tracked has changed everything!

I love this thread

I really thought Enter Air was going to make
It

Wind has dropped ever so slightly from earlier, but the cloud base and visibility is much improved.

I'm not scared of flying. I would be scared on a flight zig zagging all over the place coming into land and doing go arounds. I've been on a go around, I was scared even though LOGICALLY it's just an every day thing and in fact means it's safe.

So I don't need a course thank you very much.

"Look, that doesn't really help knowing if I die on a plane it will be instant.."

Better than waiting on a trolley for umpteen hours, or waiting for an ambulance that arrives too late.

Please share about most tracked, to save me having to wade back through the thread. I know I saw it somewhere earlier though. Forgive my laziness.

@lunarleap my point was that you won't necessarily have much of an inkling that anything has gone wrong at all in the first place. I tried to reassure you but ah well, maybe dodge these threads instead! Can't be nice spending your non-flying time stressing too

Thank you very much for understanding and not just telling me I'm wrong to have feelings.

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No, EZY Lisbon not making it.

I'm not sat here stressing about flying. All I said was being on a plane doing this will it land/won't it land would be pretty scary for me and I will avoid it as a holiday destination.

No wonder! I'd have been clapping and cheering.

Next in line, Ryanair! I wonder if they up the pressure on their crew to hit targets? They are notorious profit-focused misers.

I think watching threads and landings or aborted landings/diversions like this is very reassuring actually, but I know you might not agree!

When I look at all the movements today, those that landed got down safely, obviously due to pilot skill and working to the airline's limit rules for attempts etc. Those that didn't or couldn't land were the result again of pilot decision/airline rules/max wind speed etc. and there were safe diversions.

In past years I would have died of fright if on a plane during something like this. However I now realise that it is all done within the safety limits and as my old Dad used to say, "the pilot doesn't want to die either!" (GermanWings is a different matter and very traumatic and sad though not connected with safety).

I don't like being involved in a windy landing, or a go around, or a sideways final approach, but I trust the pilots and crew. I have to!

Yes we’re on hols. It’s pouring with rain but warm!
the pilot was worried about running out of fuel because of us circling for so long . That’s what spooked me