DownIn3Green,
It was a "local" crew... and the systems at HLLT were not working correctly... so unless they flew it from the BOX with all that auto bulsh!t you speak of then they were trusting blind faith!
Saying that it is Africa is no excuse.. they are REQUIRED to meet ICAO standards....
Do you think that the pax, most of which European understood that they stand a far greater chance of being in harms way? Just because it is Africa...
A STOP needs to be put to this fly by night attitude that still exists in that part of the world... not by all but by many including many CAA's
PT6A