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Missed approach
noun
A failure of a pilot to properly land an aircraft due to various factors, requiring a go-around for the next attempt.
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The Navy refueling planes also circle overhead as the attack planes attempt to land on the carrier's deck in case a missed approach requires even more refueling.
Oct. 24, 2004 — The Hendrick Motorsports team suffered a devastating loss when an airplane the NASCAR team owned crashed during a missed approach to an airport in Stuart, Va.
Perhaps most interesting in my opinion is that the writer's missed approach begins with the headline.
The pilot called it a "missed approach," according to reports.
After visual confirmation of the fault from the ground, the pilot initiated a missed approach and declared an emergency.
The White House called the tactic a "missed approach" and said the pilot of the Boeing 757 landed on the second attempt with no problems.
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"We made three missed approaches.
Owing to the mistake by the Observer Corps, and the Geschwader being missed approaching the eastern, instead of central Channel by radar, KG 2 hit the RAF airfield.
As the flight approached Aspen Pitkin County Airport, it became evident that some of the other inbound flights were performing missed approaches, as they had been unable to complete an instrument approach to the airport's runway.
He takes a much more relaxed, hit-and-miss approach.
This "it weren't me, miss" approach is not fair on other public servants.
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