Just so everyone can sleep better.
We never made a "180 degree turn back towards the runway"....an A340's wings do not extend over the the runway edge lines (but are scary looking as they pass 30 feet from you at 100 kts)...we didn't make a "wrong turn".
The Virgin crew and tower screwwwed the pooch here.
You see...the Brazillia is the creamy white filling in ATC's Oreo cookie approaches at LAX. They lost separation then panic as we turned off the runway...controller gave conflicting turn instructions...highspeed...then left onto the reverse...then stop. That's the short version.
We never made a "180 degree turn back towards the runway"....an A340's wings do not extend over the the runway edge lines (but are scary looking as they pass 30 feet from you at 100 kts)...we didn't make a "wrong turn".
The Virgin crew and tower screwwwed the pooch here.
You see...the Brazillia is the creamy white filling in ATC's Oreo cookie approaches at LAX. They lost separation then panic as we turned off the runway...controller gave conflicting turn instructions...highspeed...then left onto the reverse...then stop. That's the short version.