Originally Posted by bubbers44
He said the flaps were not in landing position and the left gear was not locked down when they crashed
Can't understand that - surely the post-crash photographs showed the flaps deployed? Do you think he could have meant the spoilers; another of the photographs showed the starboard wing with only the outboard spoiler panel deployed (which I believe is the in-flight spoiler)?
Originally Posted by bubbers44
asked if they had attempted a straight in landing on 02 over the hill on final but haven't got a reply yet. That would be a total no no for us.
English translation of ATC communications here:-
http://avherald.com/h?article=4077cedf/0016
Not conclusive - but captain clearly says,
"Tower, TACA three niner zero. We have the runway in sight. Circling runway zero two."
PS Found that phtograph on Page 1 of the thread - Post 15. Flaps down, outboard spoiler panel only deployed.
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=329140