Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve ever sat on a plane wondering why the pilot announced that you’d be landing soon but seemed to be flying in circles with ...

Controllers typically expect pilots to proceed inbound from a holding pattern entry without completing a full circuit, but pilots must inform ATC if they need to remain in the hold due to not being ...

(CNN) — If you’ve ever sat on a plane wondering why the pilot announced that you’d be landing soon but seemed to be flying in circles with no runway in sight, you’ve probably been in a holding pattern ...