diff --git a/e2e/two-planes.spec.ts b/e2e/two-planes.spec.ts
index 490e3ec..19e90a4 100644
--- a/e2e/two-planes.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/two-planes.spec.ts
@@ -210,13 +210,18 @@ async function healPlaneHome(page: Page, planeId: string): Promise<void> {
   await clearQueueViaApi(page, planeId);
   let p = (await getState(page)).planes.find((x) => x.id === planeId);
   if (!p) return; // already sold — nothing to heal
-  if (p.status === 'flying' || p.locationIcao !== HUB) {
-    await setScale(page, SCALE); // fast-forward any leftover leg (~20 s real time worst case at 1000×)
-  }
+  // ISS-057: a prior landing may have slowed the sim to 1× — restore 1000× first so any in-flight leg
+  // completes fast. Re-applied inside the poll below, since a sibling's landing mid-wait slows it again.
+  await setScale(page, SCALE);
   if (p.status === 'flying') {
     // While flying, locationIcao stays at the DEPARTURE airport — re-read state after landing.
     await expect
-      .poll(async () => ((await getState(page)).planes.find((x) => x.id === planeId)?.status ?? ''), {
+      .poll(async () => {
+        const s = await getState(page);
+        const plane = s.planes.find((x) => x.id === planeId);
+        if (plane?.status === 'flying' && s.simState.timeScale !== SCALE) await setScale(page, SCALE); // sibling landing re-slowed to 1×
+        return plane?.status ?? '';
+      }, {
         timeout: 240_000,
         message: `waiting for an in-flight ${planeId} to land`,
       })