Air Force One, missed approach

[Badger]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/26/travel/air-force-one-landing/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

I guess I'm not the only one who misses from time to time.

 

[Jim Logajan]

It is hard to imagine a weather condition other than a stationary tornado or freezing rain at an unheard of rate that would keep a well equipped 747 with a well skilled crew and all the goodies they have off for long. No weather system is consistent, with the possible exception of fog. One of the tricks to flying in nasty stuff is persistence, mixed with caution. Barring a catastrophic mechanical failure, I don't doubt that the Colonel can deliver on that promise.

Similar ingredients, including hubris, were at play in this case:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Polish_Air_Force_Tu-154_crash