AC1652 - Incident: Canada Rouge A319 at Miami on Aug 15th 2023
Created Friday, Aug 18th 2023 19:53Z, last updated Friday, Aug 18th 2023 19:53Z
An Air Canada Rouge Airbus A319-100, registration C-GBHY performing flight AC-1652 from Montreal,QC (Canada) to Miami,FL (USA) with 132 people on board, was on final approach to Miami's runway 08L cleared to land, when tower instructed the aircraft to go around. The crew complied, went around, climbed to 3000 feet, positioned for another approach and landed safely on runway 08L about 12 minutes after the go around.
Canada's TSB reported that during the flare for runway 08L tower instructed the aircraft to go around due to traffic on the runway. The crew went around, however, the main landing gear made contact with the runway surface temporarily. There was no damage.
An iAero Airways Boeing 737-400, registration N440US performing flight WQ-2202 from Havana (Cuba) to Miami,FL (USA), had landed on runway 08L immediately prior to AC-1652, while vacating the runway the aircraft stopped before crossing the hold short line and thus within the runway area.
Source: The Aviation Herald
