to LandIT:
Both international (MAK) and polish committees found the cause of the disaster a descent under MDH. Maybe MAK covers russian deficiencies a little and contrarily Poles accent them. But non of them is the cause.
163 deficiencies are listed (most on polish side) in the polish final report, but they are not the cause. Some of them could be a contributing factors or conductive circumstances but the cause is absolutely clear.
(Polish definition of the cause: "the descent below the minimum descent altitude at an excessive rate of descent in weather conditions which prevented visual contact with the ground, as well as a delayed execution of the go-around procedure. Those circumstances led to an impact on a terrain obstacle resulting in separation of a part of the left wing with aileron and consequently to the loss of aircraft control and eventual ground impact.")
(Russian definition /shorted/: ...descent without visual contact with ground references to an altitude much lower minimum descent altitude for go around...)
Last edited by Karel_x; 5th Aug 2011 at 21:40.