My neighbor works runway ops at ORD. They had 10 closed while they looked for a chunk of concrete that was allegedly sitting out there. In comes an 777 -- UAL 158 from SFO (red-eye) -- trying to land on 10 before they had it re-opened; tower asked them to sidestep to 9R but they were too close in so had to go around.
http://archive-server.liveatc.net/kord/KORD-Twr-Nov-18-2009-1130Z.mp3The exchange begins around 18:35. They come back for a second try at 28:28, this time on 9R.
According to my neighbor UAL 158 has been snakebitten lately; within the past month they've lost an engine on one flight and had a passenger die on another.
Here's the track from FlightAware showing the go-around and second approach to 9R:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL158/history/20091118/0726Z/KSFO/KORD
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