Originally Posted by
thnarg
Assuming your flight’s routing was TIGRA to KRK it looks like they were positioning right downwind for 35 before reaching the KRK. It was imperative to avoid Albanian airspace too!
Perhaps a late runway change caused the routing seen in the photos - initial positioning downwind right for R35, followed by a change to R17 and then some visual manoeuvring for R17.
Building on that - maybe the 'standard arrival' presumed a R35 landing, and a switch to R17 could then be made visually 'in circuit' if the wind favoured R17?