FedEx 82 go-around after landing

Captain Steeeve introduces a Memphis landing sequence involving FedEx 82. The video shows that several aircraft can be lined up for the same runway. In the Memphis exchange, FedEx 2284 heavy is cleared to land behind FedEx 82. Captain Steeeve then notes that FedEx 82 is the next aircraft to touch down. While FedEx 82 Heavy is on the runway rolling out, Memphis Tower gives it an instruction to go around. Captain Steeeve says the aircraft is already on the ground and that the crew responds that it is on the deck. The video then turns to the reason for the instruction and the later explanation.

ASDE-X warning and ATC response

Memphis Tower apologises to FedEx 82 Heavy and says that a warning for a vehicle on the runway was received. Captain Steeeve says the tower appears to have lost track of where FedEx 82 was when the instruction was given. He explains that air traffic controllers are trained to react to a particular warning. The video shows an ASDE-X display, which it says is used in major towers and can flash and sound when a runway incursion is detected or when a runway is occupied while an aircraft is approaching to land. In the Memphis case, Captain Steeeve says the warning was false. Memphis Tower later tells FedEx 82 Heavy that an error on the ASDE showed a vehicle right in front of the aircraft.

FedEx sorting operations at Memphis

Captain Steeeve then describes Memphis as the main FedEx hub and shows the sorting facility. He says packages are collected, flown to Memphis, unloaded, and sorted in the early morning hours. He gives times such as about 1.30 or 2 o'clock in the morning for arrival and sorting, and about three or four o'clock in the morning for loaded aircraft to depart. He says aircraft then fly to other parts of the world and the country, where packages are unloaded, put on trucks, and delivered during the day. The video also shows pictures of aircraft and pallets at the facility.