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Old 5th Dec 2007, 11:39
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Flight International (just got it in the post) is reporting that the impact point is just north of the village of Cukurören. Flightglobal (thanks, Mauersegler) is reporting that the impact was 7 nm west of the airport. Cukurören is about 7 nm west of the airport, and about 7nm from the final approach path to Rwy 05 (which is 043°).

MrNosy2, there is nothing wrong with wanting to know that info, and I agree with you that it is essential to figuring out what procedurally or otherwise may have gone wrong.

Looking at the terrain around Cukurören, the ridge extends NNW/SSE, so I would guess (and I emphasise this is a guess!) from the lie of the wreckage in relation to the downslope that he was flying SSE to SE; alternatively NW to NNW when he struck.

Yes MrN2, he was in the wrong place if he was making an approach, and certainly at the wrong altitude because the sector altitude there is 10,000 ft.

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