Double landing surprises airline passengers

Passengers aboard a Frontier Airlines flight received a bit of a shock late Monday morning when their plane touched down at John Wayne Airport — twice.

The flight coming from Denver was scheduled to land at 11:45 a.m., but after touching the ground, the pilot pulled up, according to JWA spokeswoman Jenny Wedge.

The pilot then did a “go around” before safely landing the airbus A319 during the second landing attempt, Wedge said. The reason for the maneuver was not disclosed to air traffic controllers, she said.

“There was no real reason we could see for that,” Wedge said.

“Go arounds” are not that uncommon, she said. They sometimes occur when the pilot is not comfortable with the landing approach or is dealing with another variable, such as weather, Wedge said.

—Bradley Zint

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