We were on an American flight a few years ago and experienced this up close and personal.

The first attempt we were forced to go around because of a small plane on the runway and that wasn't such a big deal. But the second attempt we thought we were almost on the ground when we were waved up again but we had no idea why. By the time we made the loop and returned for the third time most everyone around us, and I'm guessing all throughout the plane, were becoming very tense but thank God, the third attempt was the charm.

We met some people at Sunset Beach Bar a few days later who had seen our less than perfect arrival and they were just as stunned as we were because like us, they thought we were down on the second attempt and when they witnessed the aborted landing and the take off, they said they were scared for all of us. They should have been sitting where we were.....

I'm sure it looked and felt a lot worse than it really was, but as many times as we'd landed at PJIA both before and since that trip, that's one SXM experience I hope we never get to relive. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />