Teddy
Fair enough, the "opera" is roughly 4 NM north of CPH, while a right hand circuit from that point would take a cool 16 to 18 NM to the threshold of 22L. So it depends on the altitude the Danish passsengers saw the opera on approach. And of course on the heading of the aircraft at the time. In connection with the latter it is good to bear in mind that passengers also reported the plane heading straight for the CPH cargo area, which if I'm not mistaken is just north of 22L as well. In this case I tend to trust passengers that make a point to speak to a TV station about their experiences. Although, returning to my frequent experiences when flying to LIS, at TAP they know about cutting the left turn there quite short sometimes (including continuous speedbrakes deployed in the turn even when the engines on autothrottle rev up in doing so, interesting no?), which is accentuated by the contrasting occasions when there is an exegarated long turn over the Atlantic Ocean and Serra de Arrabida.
Last edited by Dutch Bru; 20th Apr 2009 at 00:59.
Reason: more precision