A TUI holiday flight descended for almost a minute unnoticed by crew during a go-around manoeuvre as it approached an airport. The ' serious incident' involved a Boeing 737-800 jet flying to Aberdeen from Majorca capital Palma in September 2021.
An Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said the crew had become overloaded by a high workload as the aircraft dropped from the manually flown go-around altitude for around a minute before subsequently climbing. The six crew members and 67 passengers were unharmed.
A go-around is an aborted landing of an aircraft on final approach. It can either be initiated by the pilot or requested by air traffic control for various reasons, such as an unstabilised approach or an obstruction on the runway.
