Originally Posted by
Rush2112
Hence they cram 5 people on a motorcycle and weave through the traffic to see Granny on a Sunday (along with 10m others in Jakarta!). I watched a guy on a tower crane on a building site over Jl Sudirman clamber along the arm and start bashing a recalicitrant bit of machinery with a hammer, no apparant safety equipment other than hanging on manually. I have seen roadworkers swinging pickaxes and shovels while wearing flipflops.
I think you've just described what happens in about half of all Asian countries I've lived in.
.. anyway, back to this incident. The fact that they came in for another approach with a similar profile as the one before would suggest that the pilot was locked on to the ILS? If so, then this is more of a case of poor (or lack of) manual flying skills than just not reading or understanding the NOTAMs. Just my dua rupiah's worth.