Posted by MarkB_MI on August 28, 2020 at 07:49:59 from (174.230.4.158):
In Reply to: Strange acting plane? posted by TimWafer on August 28, 2020 at 07:26:35:
2000 feet AGL is not "very low". Pattern altitude is 1000 feet AGL, but you seldom see airliners that low because they normally fly a straight-in approach on a steep glidepath in order to conserve fuel and reduce noise.
It might have been flying into a completely different airport than the one you assumed, one that might not even have an instrument approach. (Just because it LOOKED like an airliner didn't mean it was; it could have been a cargo or charter aircraft.)
It could be it missed its instrument approach and was sent out in a holding pattern, although 30 miles seems like a long ways to go for a missed approach.
I doubt it was experiencing any sort of emergency. No pilot wants to be low and slow in an emergency.
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