I can't read METARs. Could someone please decypher them for those of "us" who don't print them out every day as part of a work day?
What was the weather like in Madrid? Why couldn't they land there? Just losing navigation doesn't seem like a good enough reason to miss two approaches.
Off-topic PS It's been SO long since I heard the name Zalgiris. The best Soviet Dream Team back in the 80s. Arvidas Sabonis, Valdemaras Homichus, Sergey Yovaysha, Rimas Kurtinaitis. Sweet memories.