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Hi Guys

Thought I would just tell you what I saw. I had walked back from school and was just putting my key in the front door, when I herd the sound of a jet engine throtelling up. So I look up and around a bit, and I  see a 727 not much higher than 1500ft with it's landing gear and flaps down! I have no idea what it was doing here, I live quite far away from luton airport, but if I walk up a hill near me I can see the runway lights, and heathrow, well I can see the planes landing there from my window, but only with a spotting scope. So I don't know what that 727 was doing so low here!?

MAtt

possible go around?

He was a long way from the runway and not even on the right heading. He was aslo a bit low as he would have climbed as soon as he could right?
Also the weather is great not a cloud in the sky and virtully no wind, not the most likely weather to have to make a go around in

Wake turbulance? that can cause a go around, but unually ATC spaces landing aircraft appropriatly so that won't happen.

Well if you can see the airport from a nearby hill then you can't be THAT far away...it was probably a go-around.

well ben I could see Schiphol from my hospital bed on a clear day and that is still a half an hour drive away..

I think what it was doing was giving you something to tell here

It probably lost lots of altitude from just pilot error, went missed approach and turned towards you?
seams a reasonable answer to me.