That was close

Yesterday evening I picked Rainer up from the airport.

As always, thanks to the departure and arrival information from the airports in Hamburg, Lisbon, and Ponta Delgada, I was well-informed.

Together with Flightradar, I had everything under observation, including the second plane from Lisbon, which was five minutes behind Rainers.

I had also warned Rainer that it was very windy that day, as it had been the previous two days.

Long story short, the plane didn't land at the first attempt but aborted the landing. Too much wind, too much turbulence, too unstable. It almost touche ground but only almost.

Rainer's plane had enough fuel for a second attempt, and the passengers were informed that if that also failed, they would be flown back to Lisbon. Luckily, it worked the second time.

The second plane didn't even attempt to land but immediately turned around and flew back to Lisbon.

I monitored this on-site as well as on Flightradar.
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