A little something for my fav forum.
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CASA crash report - all procedures were broken
A report regarding the carsh of a CASA military airplane in Poland has been revealed by the TV station TVN24. It concludes that all flight procedures were broken. According to TVN24, the procedures were broken by the pilots, ground crews and commanders. The report has been forwarded to the ministry of defense on monday morning.
The ministry of defense is planning a conference on Wednesday at 10.00 AM CET.
TVN24 reports that on the feral day of 23 January, the machine should have not lifted off the airport at all due to insufficient weather conditions. A clearance should not have been given by the ground crew. However, according to TVN24, the primary fault has been assigned to the breaking of landing procedures by the pilot.
At the time of landing the ILS equipment on Miroslawiec military airport was inoperative. After the first go-around, the pilot decided to attempt to land with help from the ATC - reports TVN24. The pilot was not following his instruments, but rather concentrated on looking for the runway landing lights visually. Due to bad weather conditions, he misjudged his current altitude. He tried supplying more power, but it was not enough. The plane was too low and crashed.
The plane disintegrated on impact into two parts - the main fuselage and the tail section. Seven bodies were hurled outside during the crash, while the rest of the passengers and crew died in the fiery wreckage.
One of the biggest accidents in Polish aviation history
On January 23rd 2008 at 19.07 one of the biggest accidents in Polish aviation history took place. A military CASA c-295 airplane crashed just outside the Miroslawiec military airport with 20 people on board, of which none survived. Amongst the passengers were high-ranking Polish air force officials.
[translation by me, pardon for errors]