Comments on: Former governor-general almost lost in horrific aviation accident

By: Bruce Gottfred

Bruce Gottfred — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:47:40 +0000

I remember a fun landing in Paris, when a crosswind had the plane rocking through what seemed to be a 20 degree arc. The pilot tried to correct it but we aborted just about 20 feet from the ground. I love that sudden surge of acceleration!

By: Chris Taylor

Chris Taylor — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:08:59 +0000

I had one of those at Pearson too. We were arriving 20 minutes early, but after the go-around and a significant hold over the lake, we were 20 minutes late. Which made me late for a golf game on a neighbouring course. C’est la vie.
Wasn’t too worried about my life but I was thinking my golf buddy on the ground (who was picking me up at the airport) would be pissed at the 20-minute delay.
If you ever plane-watch at Pearson (or any other busy airport) for a half-hour or longer, you are pretty well guaranteed to see a missed approach… due to the fast pace a lot of arrivals seem to be sluggish getting their rides off the frackin’ runway.

By: Ben (The Tiger)

Ben (The Tiger) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:36:45 +0000

That happened to me on my flight back to Toronto — we were approaching, and then we went up, all of a sudden, as though we were taking off.
Very foggy night, and it turns out that another plane hadn’t cleared the runway.
Slightly unsettling, and we had to circle ’round again, but I never feared for my life.