Timeline for What happens if an aircraft declares an emergency while there is another aircraft ahead cleared to land?
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| Jan 16, 2016 at 16:58 | comment | added | rbp | "Cleared to land any runway" | |
| Dec 22, 2015 at 16:38 | vote | accept | ricardomenzer | ||
| Dec 22, 2015 at 16:27 | comment | added | Jon Story | @Lnafziger - UPS 123 was presumably going to be in the way. That backs up the answer quite well that other aircraft will be moved if necessary, but if they aren't in the way they can carry on as normal. ATC will allow as much traffic as they are certain will not impede the under-emergency aircraft | |
| Dec 22, 2015 at 11:03 | comment | added | ricardomenzer | @Lnafziger that looks a lot like some situation similar to that I described in the question! Thanks a lot for sharing this. | |
| Dec 22, 2015 at 5:48 | comment | added | Lnafziger | I actually had a friend in a business jet declare an emergency for smoke in the cockpit, and ATC cleared them to land from quite a distance out. Their next call was "UPS 123... Actually, UPS 123, go around.". | |
| Dec 21, 2015 at 18:20 | history | edited | Ralph J♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 21, 2015 at 18:02 | history | answered | Ralph J♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |