No explantion why pilot's aborted landing
Kirsten Murphy
Northern News Services
Yellowknife (Feb 14/01) - A missed approach at the Yellowknife airport by a Canadian North 737 jet inbound from Edmonton last week was not caused by a another aircraft, say Nav Canada officials.
A flight 422 passenger contacted Yellowknifer Monday to complain that another aircraft on the runway forced Canadian North pilots to abort their landing around 10:50 p.m.
No one was injured and the plane landed safely shortly afterwards.
"Our records indicate no other aircraft was on the runway," said Jim Daher, Nav Canada's site manager for airport operations.
He confirmed the "non-event" took place but declined to speculate why.
Canadian North could not be reached for comment by Yellowknifer's deadline.
Missed approaches caused by weather or wildlife are not uncommon in the North, Daher said.
A missed approach is when an aircraft is aligned with the runway (either with or without landing gear released) and an event causes the pilot to abort the landing.
The "non-event" was not reported to the Transport Safety Board of Canada, said John Lee, senior operations investigator in Edmonton.
"I'm not saying it didn't happen," Lee said.
"We were not made aware of it (which suggests) it was well within air regulations and highly, highly unlikely it was serious."
