Originally Posted by
lederhosen
They may (if my French is up to scratch) have switched off the GPWS due to poor system knowledge and nuisance warnings earlier rather than simply a desire to bust minimums.
I did consider this, but then again, that doesn't answer for the fact they did go below minimums. This is obviously a rule that applies from a C172 to an A380, you don't go below minimums without visual reference. We aren't even talking about a cheeky delayed 'looking out' ... ..... 'visual', in fact what they did to was quite extraordinary. I see this and the GPWS confusion as 2 entirely separate issues, one does not simply lead to the other.