| From Telstar
The weather was appalling at the time. I was on the ground and couldn't believe it when I saw these two aircraft on approach. The weather was as extreme as it gets even by summer storm standards. there was heavy large hail, that these aircraft were damaged is no suprise to anyone on the ground. It is regrettable that this information was not absorbed by the crews.
I would think it is more to do with these low cost outfits not upsetting their schedules and incurring diversion costs. Another carrier like British Airways would not be impressed if their Flight Crews severely damaged aircraft attempting to land in weather that was clearly unsuitable for an approach.
What about windshear in such conditions? Are lessons never learned by some Flight Crew? |