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12th Jan 2011, 20:07

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mbar

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Actually Nigel I think that in this case there is only 1 person to blame...

The PIC. The moment he ignored the minimums he was at fault, further ignoring the terrain warnings just makes it worse. Unbelievably bad judgement...period.

Agreed. Astounding example of "famous" Polish bravery -- our heritage, that many times in history got us to do stupid things. Displayed also by Yak40 pilot that landed his plane after he was ordered (advised) to go-around.

But I have another question: are those standby instruments that are mechanical rather than digital designed to "lock" their last state after crash event (like that attitude indicator)?