B767-300 and 300 ER
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Time Pressure; Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Ground Conflict; Critical; Conflict Airborne Conflict
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach
Procedure
We were on approach to Runway 28 at MMGL. We had a target speed of 147 KTS. We contacted the Tower and were cleared to land and there was an A320/19 in position and holding. We continued the approach. The Airbus was cleared for takeoff. The closer we got it was becoming obvious the Airbus was not going to be off the runway by the time we touched down. At approximately 200 AGL I elected to go-around. We told the Tower we were going around and we were told to execute the published miss; which is straight ahead to approximately 5 DME and a right turn back to the VOR. This was not going to work since the Airbus had broken ground and was climbing in front and below us and we were catching him. We told Tower this would not work. We opted to offset our path (not an FMC offset) to the left. We could see the Airbus the whole time below and climbing. I seem to remember the Airbus within 200 feet below on the TCAS. We never received an alert or RA. This aircraft was close. And our whole focus was outside the cockpit. Meanwhile we were trying to get the airplane cleaned up. It was a busy time! We were asked by the Tower if we could enter a left visual down wind back to Runway 28. We did [so; however] in the turn we went back in the clouds and were told to contact Approach. We were vectored for another approach to 28. We landed and the Tower never said a word as in; 'sorry about that.' The reason I opted for the go-around was I thought it was very obvious the Airbus was going to be still on the runway when we touched down and if he aborted while we were rolling out it would have been worse than a go-around.
On approach to MMGL the flight crew of a B767-300 opted to go-around at 200AGL when an A320; cleared for takeoff; was not yet airborne.