You may know the feeling a minute or two before landing. The aircraft seems to quieten, your ears give a final gentle pop, and the warehouses and car-parks that congregate around an airport quickly approach.
Had you been on Wizz Air flight 2208 from Luton to Budapest on Thursday evening, you may also have been contemplating a late supper and a glass of something red and robust beside the Danube.
But as we all subconsciously braced for the bump when the Airbus A320 reconnected with the earth, touchdown and dinner were postponed. The engines suddenly roared into life, the plane climbed steeply and the undercarriage retracted.
On the only other occasion when I have experienced a “go-around” like this, flying British Airways from Heathrow to Dusseldorf, the reason was the obvious one: another aircraft occupying the runway. The captain calmly explained the issue, and 10 minutes later we were safely on the ground.
On Wizz Air, though, the approach was aborted because of a threat within the plane itself. A drunk and disruptive passenger decided he was going to use the toilet as the aircraft prepared to touch down, even thought everyone needs to be strapped in a seat for landing. The crew had no choice but to tell the captain the cabin was not secure and request a go-around.
By Simon Calder.
Full story at Independent.
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