On Thursday, Air France flight AF1162 from Paris to Tenerife South (Airbus A320 reg. F-HEPI) faced severe weather conditions, with strong wind shear over the Canary Islands. The pilot attempted to land at Tenerife South Airport five times but was unsuccessful.
It sounds odd with the amount of information that’s in the article. Diverting and then going for two more attempts after three unsuccessful ones, maybe they did land and then took off again from the alt so they wouldn’t have to pay for everybody’s overnight stay (as they did in the end).
Obviously if that’s the case I’m not trying to take anything away from the pilots’ airmanship. They were most probably just following predetermined procedures of their employer. Wouldn’t want to be a passenger on that fourth and fifth attempt though. My SO and I were plenty startled flying into Miami with an upcoming tropical storm and we landed on the first attempt.