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Old 25th Jan 2008, 07:37
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Ptkay
 
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The latest news mention 60-100 m ceiling,
so METAR seems to be in feet, it's a NATO military field,
so METARS probably in NATO units.

It was mentioned also that on the first approach the
lighting system was not at full power,
switched to HIGH on pilots demand for the second approach.

In the fever of botched first approach,
and difficult second one ( 60-100 m ceiling )
they might have forgotten the anti ice...

The witness from crash site says, they hit the
tree tops, bounced or pulled, then obviously stalled
and hit the ground in steep angle.
AC totally destructed, compressed to, what
witness calls "a ball of folded aluminium"...

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