Large Transport
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Communication Breakdown; Time Pressure; Workload; Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Airborne Conflict; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Airport; Environment - Non Weather Related; Procedure; Human Factors
Two back to back Go-Arounds performed at SFO. SFO landing Runway 28R/L and departing Runway 01R/L during day VMC. On approach to 28R everything normal and cleared to land 28R by tower. Tower subsequently directs Go-Around due to possible conflict with traffic departing on intersecting runway. Normal Go-Around performed and vectored back for visual approach on 28L. Once again Tower clears us to land. Tower also directs a heavy aircraft to cross approach end of runway 28L and hold short of 28R. Now we are on short final and notice that the heavy has crossed 28L; our runway of intended landing; but has stopped with its tail sticking over the hold short line for 28L. Captain plays it safe and performs a Go-Around. We get vectored back around for another visual to 28L and land normally.Crew did the right thing by performing these two Go-Arounds.In the first Go-Around; SFO tower should not have cleared an aircraft for takeoff on 01 when we were about to land on 28R.Second case; the crew of the heavy needed to pull forward more to ensure aircraft tail was clear of the runway they just crossed.
Increased separation between arriving aircraft would lessen the probability of missed approaches during simultaneous intersecting runway operations.[Increase] air crew situational awareness to ensure entire aircraft is clear of active runway after landing and when crossing active runways.
An aircraft on final to SFO made two go arounds because of conflicting traffic. One was a crossing runway departure traffic and the second was an aircraft not clear of the runway.