Group 3 Airplane preparedness to the flight
a. The plane before the take off was fully operative.(OK)
The filling of fuel was about 19 tons which was enough for the flight on the given route, taking the spare aerodromes as selected into account. Analysis of the fuel showed that on the physical-chemical composition there are no notes/comments overall (from me, a careful phrase, means "looks like alright").
Take-off mass and centering did not go beyond the limis set by RLE.
(from me - again RLE. Looks like it's a manual attached by the factory to the plane they make)
b. The plane was equipped with te system of early warning of ground nearing TAWS and a system of flight operation UNS-1D (FMS). Both systems, TWS and FMS were switched on during the flight and working/operative (OK and worked).
Group 4 Aerodrome preparedness to the flight
a. 16 March 2010 a pecial commission of Russian experts performed a technical flight with the aim of establishing the preparedness of the aerodrome to meeting Air Force TU-154 and TU-134. By the analysisi of the results of the works conducted there was made a general conclusion that the aerodrome is fit to accept the above-mentioned types of Air Force (of Russia, presumambly - from me), but with taking in account a row of Recommdendations, incl. proper condition of radio-technocal equipment used and light-signal equipment used at the course of landing of 259 degrees.
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b. 25 March 2010 were conducted control flights of all equipment and systems of the aerodrome. (may be, the fixed something btw 18 and 26th March that the commission found un-fitting. from me.)
By the results of the controls was made the overall conclusion that the parameters and exactness characteristics of the landing radio-locator, Far and Near Beakons ("in-bringing radio stations") with Markers, light-signal equipment and radio-stations complies with the demands of the state aviation of Russia and are fit for providing for the flights.
Means for performing automated or directive go for the landings respectively the Smolensk-Northern aerodrome has not.
c. 5 April 2010 was signed Act of Technical Survey of the aerodrome Smolesnk-Northern for accepting special flights.
Overall conclusion of the Act: the aerodrome is ready for accepting special flights at the condition of the established minimum of the weather. The Table of the established Minimum-s for MKpos 259 degrees (MKpos?) and categories "B" and "D" (Yak-40 and TU-154) requires the go for landing at the weather minimum of 100x1,000 m.
d. 10 April 2010, according the Report of the Responsible Specialist, in the time period 7am-8am, at conductiong the pre-flight check-up of the light-technical equipment, it were fit and workable.
Immediately after the catastrophe of the TU-154 there was no possibility to check the workability of the lighttechnical equipment due to the high intensivity of the in-coming flights up to 5pm on the 11th April 2010 (from me - they didn't check until the next day evening)
Comments on the work of the light-technical equipment of the aerodrome from the side of the crews arriving to the aerodrome on the 10th and 11th of April the Technical commission received not (from me - nobody complained)
(kind of vague and careful, about lights)