DW
What happened was that thanks to poor briefing materials provided by AF (they were B&W photocopies, so some shades of grey were either too faint to spot easily and some disappeared altogether - and the briefing notes pointed them at the asphalt runway, not the grass one being used), the crew almost missed the Habsheim airport. To stay on schedule, rather than turn around and make another approach, Capt. Asseline elected to attempt a short final that cut it too fine and maneouvre into position during the descent.
Nothing on the CVR though? Autothrottle disconnect was at 50 feet RA at 12:45:26, 11 seconds later TOGA, 2 seconds later contact with trees.
They
up big time, i live 10 klicks away.
from airbus last pages