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Old 20th Oct 2019, 20:52
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WING7
 
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Thanks for the link.

Unfortunately it looks that it only shows the time they spend above an altitude of Aprox. 570 feet. ( Maybe 35% of their flight time )
Guess they did a very short base. Anyone knows? Have not been able to find any videos of their flight, less so of their base and final.

Wish the controller would have given a heads up that they could use any runway they wished and 33 was available if it was. (I am aware they did not declare an emergency)

Mid field downwind at 300 feet probably indicates they had no power on two engines already there. That makes one wonder about their consciousness about their energy state and dropping the gear instead of planning for a belly landing till the runway was clearly reachable.

That flight crew was very experienced, who knows what they were dealing with. My respects to them, just scratching my head of how this all ended up this way.





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