Originally Posted by
ATC Watcher
.......There could be local procedures I am unaware of , but as far as we see so far ATC did nothing to contribute to this accident .
I am not familiar with Karachi airport or their ATC set up. Perhaps someone can clarify a few points.
1. Is there a radar feed for the aerodrome controller to monitor? Primary/Secondary?
2. Did the approach radar controller notify the aerodrome controller of the abnormal ‘presentation’
of the aircraft in terms of speed, range, altitude once on final?
3. Looking at the aerodrome charts the VCR is poorly situated especially for runways 25 L/R.
To what extent is traffic on final clearly visible.
4. Given the ‘presentation’ of the aircraft, would using binoculars have spotted that the gear was NOT down.
All questions which I am sure the final report will cover and explain.
Within a year would be useful, otherwise we will have moved onto the next major nasty, and the lessons to be learnt will start to fade away?