Originally Posted by
ARRAKIS
9:38:35 - (Il-76) 130 (altitude)
9:38:47 - (R) 1, on course, on glideslope
9:38:55 - (K) Calm down*
9:39:02 - (P) Send him away*
9:39:07 - (P) Execute GA
9:39:13 - (K) You should calm down*
9:39:30 - (Anonymous) but the Pole was able to land here...(uncomprehensible)*
From 400 m to 130 m Il average descent rate was almost exactly 3 m/s.
It was already mentioned in this thread. Landing conditionally means a descent to minimum altitude, confirmation od RWY visibility by the crew followed by a possible authorisation to land by ATC, else GA.
Arrakis
One thing that doesn't match for me here is that witnesses said the Il-76 was flying extremely low over the runway and almost crashed too - so either the GA was executed to late, or the command to do so was given too late. I assume that between 9:38:35 and 9:39:07 the Il-76 was descending - even at 3m/s it's 90 meters of altitude loss. Unless it's like you say - level the flight at 130 AGL and then descend further on visual contact - but I find it hard to believe that you can perform such maneouvers in Il-76 or Tu-154M - though I am just a mere layman (which actually means I should keep out of discussion, but....
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