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How do you evaluate this particular crew of the Tu-154, April 10?
Exactly ... They had incredibly small flying times, there is nothing to dwell on it [the captain had 455 hours as the first Tupolev pilot, co-pilot - 506 hours on Tupolev, navigator barely 60 hours on Tupolev, and techniques for on-board - 330]. But above all, teamwork of the crew. It can not be that weather conditions are difficult, and only aboard the aircraft it is determined, who has what to do. In aviation it is the opposite - it is already provided in the procedures before the start.
Well, gentlemen ...The transcript shows that the crew had no permission to land. Because the crew did not know what it meant, the Russian command "Pasadku dapałnitielno" [Conditional Approach]. It is not - as translated literally - "additional landing", but "conditional landing." So: begin approach, but get permission to land later.
We flew to the USSR for many years, and knew this very well. After descending to the so-called decision height [in this case it was 100 meters, the crew must then see the earth, if you do not see it, stop the descent and fly away], when everything is in order, the controller should issue the command: "Pasadku razrieszaju" [Begining landing]. It is the permission for the landing, the crew must confirm that the words "Pasadku razrieszili" [Acknowledge][Began landing], ie the controller gave permission for landing and the crew understood. It's like a "good day", "goodbye."