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Old 20th May 2010, 17:41
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Alice025
 
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Aha. Group 7 translated, now

Group 8. Exit onto the landing straight line and lowering along the glissade.
(sorry keep forgetting how "glissade" is in English)

a. Landing along the glissade was taking place with the switched-on auto-pilot in the ? "along" and side channels, also with the swithed-on pull?tug? automate.

Switch off of the auto-pilot in its "along" channel and in its side channel happened at the attempt to go for the 2nd circle, at 5 and 4 seconds, respectively, before the clash with an obstacle (a tree). Which led to beginning of dismantling of the plane.

The auto-pilot switch off by the side channel took place at the moment of the third clash with obstacles, which were leading to the beginning of dismantling of the plane.

b. First TAWS warning type PULL UP was issued 18 seconds before the clash with the obstacle (leading to the beginning of the dismantling of the plane). Before that, there were twice TAWS messages type TERRAIN AHEAD.

(doesn't say was it 18 sec away from the first tree or from the third tree)
simply, "an obstacle"

c. First plane clash with an obstacle took place 1,100 metres away off from the runway, 40 meters to the left from the correct course of landing.
Taking into account the landscape eh? pecularities (a ravine) and the tree height - the plane height during the clash was 15 meters lower than the runway level.

d. Third clash, by the left wing, leading to the beginning of the dismantling of the plane, with a birch-tree, of ? leg? diameter 30-40cm, took place at 260 metres off away from the spot of the first touch/clash, at that - 80 metres to the left from the straight line continuation, the runway axis, that would have left to the runway.

e. Time passed between the beginning of the dismantling of the plane (trees clash - me) - and the total destruction of the plane caused by hitting the ground in upside down position - is about 5-6 seconds.
:o(
Total destruction of the construction of the plane took place at 10 hrs 41 minutes 06 seconds - at 10:41:06.

f. Medical- trasse ? research showed, that at the moment of the plane costruction destruction, in the upside down position, over-loads of value of about 100 g were influencing the passangers. To survive in this very accident was impossible.

Group 9 Alarm trouble and Saving work

a. In 13 minutes from the crash time approx. the area of the plane fall was "fenced" by means of Smolensk own police and by means of Federal security (two types of men - me), in the radius of 500 metres around the crash site, 180 men and 16 units of technical means (cars-trucks?)

b. The happened insignificant fire was liquidated by the fire brigades arrived to the scene - in 18 minutes after their arrival. (doesn't say when they arrived)

(but yes, all say there wasn't much fire, here and there, small bits. Not much to extinguish)

Group 10. Results of investigation of the aviation technics.

a. Results of work of the engineering-technical Sub-Commission state that there were no denials in the work of the airplane, its engines and its systems.
Dismantling of the plane in air, before the clash of the air vessels with the obstacles - took place not.

Group 11. Main future work of the Commission on investigating the accident.

a. Complete analysis of the TAWS and FMS data; when completed, and if there will arise the necessity - correct the actual flight route of the plane.


b. Research results of the court-medical tests of the members of the flying crew.

c. Attract independent flying experts and all together analyse the whole framework of the actions of the crew, specialists of the Service of Flights Managament (aerodrome) and model te possible flight, taing into account the real meteo-conditions and data from the control flights conducted over tghe aerodrome radio-technical means.

(they plan to do flight modelling hopping together all they know)

d. Prepare the draft of the Final Report

Technical Commission MAK worked out Operative Recommdendations and, in accordance with the point 6.8 of the Attachment 13 of the Chicago Convention - passed them over to the Appointed Representative of the Republic of Poland.

(that's the main thing that MAC normally does - says to plane owners what to correct in practices or in the technical equipment in order not to fall again)
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