On Board Confusion SPY vs SPL?
An additonal data point, derived from the google earth track and the EHAM2 liveatc.net recording:
ATC vectors them from ARTIP to SPL, but the craft remains on course for SPY. ATC then apparently sees they are off track several minutes later and vectors them on a heading of 265.
Looking at the Google earth track, it appears there was confusion about the direction to take after ARTIP, they seem to be on track for SPY and even ’swerve’ around lelystad to the south before continuing on a direct track to SPY.
This could mean there was confusion on the flight deck, and possibly with ATC, not unthinkable with 3 crewmembers, of which one is rumoured to have been ‘in training’ for this type of A/C.
Confusion can easily get a crew ‘behind the aircraft’ and domino into more confusion and problems.
Thoughts?