Westjet from Toronto to St. Maarten almost misses the landing

[eznutz]

 

[GPIDEAL]

Ya, someone showed this to me yesterday.

I've been at that beach (Maho Beach, Dutch side of St. Maarten).

To me, in my humble opinion, the plane approached too low and aborted.

According to West Jet, they say it was aborted due to changing weather conditions.

http://www.citynews.ca/2017/03/15/westjet-says-flight-toronto-not-almost-crash-ocean-st-maarten/

 

[GameBoy27]

Whatever. The pilot likely experienced a downdraft on approach and simply aborted the landing. Happens all the time. Move along, nothing to see...

 

[asuran]

yup... as you can see in the video, it was bad weather with strong winds.

 

[GPIDEAL]

Whatever. The pilot likely experienced a downdraft on approach and simply aborted the landing. Happens all the time. Move along, nothing to see...

That makes perfect sense, thank you. "Changing weather conditions" sounds less scary than "downdraft" or "micro-burst".