Guys - as the originator of this thread I've gotta say that I'm still not fully happy with the replies. By rough guesswork the a/c was tracking something like 100 - i.e. coming from somewhere WNW of EICK. Now, pretty much all RYR flights heading for RW17 originate in Dublin or London - the only airports WNW of EICK would be Kerry or Shannon (no RYR flights from either). If RW35 was active then the approach is normally along the coast, turning in around the Sovereigns, South of Kinsale. Wherever this guy/girl was coming from it would appear, to me, that they were way off track and were forced to make some last minute adjustments. As for a 'visual with short final' I think if you knew the geography and proximity of the reports to EICK you too would realise that this was NOT as simple as you claim. C'mon, someone out there must know something - put me out of my misery
