Originally Posted by
22/04
One thing that hasn't been raised is why the aircraft didn't make the turn requested by ATC on the approach - there may be a reason unknown to the aircraft - and presumably he was under a radar control service.
As far as I know according to the radio transmissions we have been able to read in the above posts, provided all exchange appears, the crew simply didn't want to follow ATC instructions. My opinion is this instruction from ATC for turning left heading 180° was an ultimate attempt to save the day because the controller watching his data obviously considered the flight beeing too high and too fast to safely land. It would be interresting to know how many controllers were manning the tower, just to wonder whether one of these guys could have been able to visually spot the gear-up aircraft, in order to shoot on his mike "PIA 8303 Go Around !!!" ...