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Old 23rd Oct 2009, 14:05
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Che Xindamail
 
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If the FMS has a missed approach programmed that ends in a hold, the aircraft will join that hold until it runs out of fuel (like the Helios accident). Anything else leads to "heading" mode on autopilot. From that map it looks like no approach was programmed, so the last fix was MSP and heading mode after that. There will be an accompanying "triple click" to alert the pilots about a mode change.
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