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Old 19th Mar 2004, 02:31
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404 Titan
 
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I think one of the big traps in all of this was the kind of unstable approach it was. Yes they were fast however when you see the charts the a/c was on slope. So they were sort of stabilised.
Hate to put holes in your story but a stable approach “DOESN’T” mean just on slope. It means on slope in the landing config at Vapp or Vref as the case may be. Now if DJ’s SOP’s state that the approach must be stable by 500 ft then they should have gone around, period. There are no excuses and I’m glad they realize this and have taken appropriate action to remedy this problem.
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