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Old 22nd Jun 2008, 11:09
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Cusco
 
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Hilrtougi:

Read the AAIB report, that will tell you what happened.

Sam Cross was 16years old , had 15 hours and was on his second solo.

He was given non standard instructions initially to go around while on final to get him out of the way of a faster aeroplane on final behind him by ATC who didn't know he was a student despite the pilot having cocked up instructions at take-off to backtrack the take-off runway from an intersection , and while flying a locally based flying school aeroplane.

The go-around instructions were almost immediately cancelled and he was told to head north away from the final track.

This he appears to have done , while still in landing configuration and with landing power.

The holes in his cheese lined up that day and no mistake.

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