Air carrier on final for runway 28R heard ATC clear a departure on runway 1R; considered a go-around...

Narrative:

We were on short final at 1.9 miles from runway 28R at 600 ft when tower cleared traffic to depart crossing runway 1R creating a loss of separation. I alerted tower that we were short final and they had cleared traffic to depart on 1R. We were judging the acceleration of the departing aircraft and were ready to initiate a go around when we were instructed by the tower to go around.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier on final for Runway 28R heard ATC clear a departure on Runway 1R; considered a go-around; and were then instructed by ATC to execute a go-around.

Narrative: We were on short final at 1.9 miles from runway 28R at 600 FT when tower cleared traffic to depart crossing Runway 1R creating a loss of separation. I alerted tower that we were short final and they had cleared traffic to depart on 1R. We were judging the acceleration of the departing aircraft and were ready to initiate a go around when we were instructed by the tower to go around.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	843278
Time
Date	200907
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 32 Flight Crew Total 17000 Flight Crew Type 7510
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe

Air carrier on final for runway 28R heard ATC clear a departure on runway 1R; considered a go-around; and were then instructed by ATC to execute a go-around.