1. The plane then declared a missed approach , took off and landed again. 2. Says he'd never clear, and grimaces at the thought of the missed approach . 3. As part of their missed approach procedure, the crew was retracting the flaps. 4. A reluctance to declare a missed approach pervaded the descent. 5. Captain Hillis suspected an engine flame out and eventually decided to execute a missed approach . 6. However four earlier flights had carried out missed approaches at Hong Kong and five had diverted. 7. The cockpit crew also talked about a missed approach on the recovered voice recorder, he said. 8. The report said Heathrow's instructions relating to missed approaches were not sufficiently clear, and should be revised. 9. Approach concepts cover all segments of the instrument approach, i . e . final, and missed approach . 10. Instead of commencing a missed approach , both pilots spent about 13 seconds attempting to locate the runway.