Go into Wamena regularly, its great for a Caravan but have always marveled at the BAe 146 coming in.
Obviously everything is speculation until the report comes out, not that much stock can be put in a report from DCCA/NTSC. Apparently the initial scene examination was 'interesting'.
There is no instrument approach at Wamena. Apparently PK-BRD popped out of the cloud was high and did a go-around on Runway 15 (they never used 33 as maneuvering at the southern end for landing would most likely be impossible for a BAe 146 and have seen some pretty stiff tailwinds taken). Where the aircraft impacted terrain is around 500 feet AAE and roughly in the base leg area.
Last edited by Massey058; 11th Apr 2009 at 09:53.