There is no sign of a 'PAR' being flown, no, not even a 'Russian' one!
BOAC:
I agree with you completely.
It was the ATC trying to do his "job as usual", but not the pilots.
I am tending more and more to the conclusion, it was a "scud run"
that went wrong.
They discuss it at 10:19:43 2p "...I had it once, I had it once.." "...we landed..."
"...in Gdansk..."
Thay might have been used to such "scud runs" even on CAT I ILS in GDA,
the President was flying there very often for weekend,
and, again they had to land by all means, not to spoil the day...
But in EPGD the situation on 29 approach is opposite to Smoleńsk,
there is a hill, not a ravine.
http://www.ais.pata.pl/aip/EP_AD_2_EPGD_2-1-1_en.php
They got away with it every time, because the RH was bigger then the QFE height.
Just my 0,02$ worth,...