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Old 6th Jun 2008, 23:48
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The first approach was to 20, the second to 02. They decided it was easier to land on 02 with cloud conditions. Either way it is a visual approach over the runway if you go to MAP. You can then land either way if you can stay VMC. Clouds were marginal around 2,000 feet that day so they probably were trying to make it work and found 02 easier to land on. Unfortunately that put them landing downhill on a wet 5400 ft runway with a 10 knot tailwind with a 70 ft cliff at the end. We had strict rules on landing weights and tailwinds so would not have landed. Over 5 knots on a dry runway of tailwind prohibited us from landing.
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