The Captain of the Flight;
Protasiuk apparently had 2937h on type (post #564) and was fluent in the Russian Language (post #851)
However the ATC Controller Pavel Plusnin stated that a language barrier existed (post #567)
Post #840 -
The Russians have a system whereby if the Captain is flying, then no-one monitors him. The F/O handles the radios, the navigator navigates, but for some reason it appears even he failed to notice the outer marker was further way, and that they were subsequently too low.
Was F/O
Grzywma handling the radio comms? was he fluent in the Russian language?
The navigator only had 59 hrs on type.
This thread has noted all the above facts, but who actually handled the Comms?