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Old 7th Sep 2011, 11:25
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the crash may not have been caused by the wind, but the two failed attempts at landing WERE due to the wind. If the aircraft hand landed on one of those attempts, it could not have crashed.
I'm not sure that they made any attempt to land. If you watch the interview with the INAER pilot, you will see a sketch map in the background of the route taken by the aircraft. It circles the runway a couple of times - presumably observing the windsock - then crashes at about downwind leg for runway 32. The trace doesn't show any attempt at an approach or go-around.

The interview doesn't give the source of the trace - so it may not be accurate. But the crash position would be about where one would expect a configuration change such as flaps or gear down.
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