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Old 15th Dec 2010, 11:14
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Trent 972
 
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Without placing too much faith in the accuracy of webtrack recordings.
If you time his descent rate from 1,000m alt down to 153m a solid 1,000fpm - all ok. A little highish on approach there too, - but still ok. At 153m (let's call that about 500ft) the track over the ground indicates that he is 600m left of the extended centreline for RW01. At that time YBBN had aircraft holding as a TS (described by the BOM meteorologist on the evening news, as the storm seasons first 'Supercell'), passed the SE boundary of the airport.
No arguments about doing the Go-Around, good decision.
Why was the aircraft out to the left of the LLZ and making those turns on approach? Was he dodging around a very active TS that was dropping 5cm hail stones at that same time?
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