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Old 27th May 2010, 19:15
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SortieIII Inertia Rules OK?

Aha !

For those who have not enjoyed the A330 type-rating course at TLS, one of the sim exercises is a late switch to a parallel runway - at about 500 ft AGL. The idea is to remind you of the matter of inertia. I admit, I have been caught out a couple of times (trying to overfly a cloud, for example) when my 320 experience told me I could but my 330 experience was not good enough.

A non-precision approach may, often, lead to a late visual contact of the landing area. A 320 might make it; a 330 probably won't.

If the crew had a late sighting of the rwy and tried a swift track correction, they may have stuffed a wingtip in and the rest you know.
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