Did someone say CFIT ?
CVR indicated that the copilot instructed the PIC “overshoot,
overshoot” after the second of the five ‘WHOOP WHOOP, PULL UP’
sounds. The FDR showed that the aircraft commenced a go around from
a low height above the runway. The controller offered the crew a choice
of a landing on runway 33, but the crew elected to make a right circuit
for runway 15.
The circuit was flown at a height of between 150 and 350 feet above the
aerodrome elevation.
The CVR provided evidence that during the downwind leg the EGPWS
fitted to the aircraft provided the flight crew with eight ‘DON’T SINK’
and one ‘TOO LOW TERRAIN’ voice aural alerts. The flight crew did
not respond to any of those alerts.
The Operator’s BAe-146 Flight Simulator Training Program
The operator’s BAe-146 Flight Simulator Training Program for the
flight crew did not cover training and checking of pilot actions and
responses to the EGPWS aural alerts and warnings.
Thank you GBV
Last edited by Teddy Robinson; 23rd Dec 2009 at 23:34.