Originally Posted by
TowerDog
A DC-8 tried to approach and land into the wind but had to make tight turns downwind to base to final, then stalled
and crashed. (This is all from memory 27 years ago, but at the time the distance to Cuban airspace was only 3 NM or so, hence
the tight turns)
Final report of said accident.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/cras...tanamo-bay-nas
Page 54 to 56 on the Final report describes the challenges of approach to RW10 rather well.