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Old 9th Jul 2012, 09:12
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Thanks Shorrick for the additional information and translation. Yes, I can now see what you mean. At Point B, interestingly he is over a peak, which slopes away in the direction he would have been travelling. If the top of the peak had been visble through a cloud layer, then it would have given the illusion that terrain was at that level, he descending into the cloud, but he pulled up, too much, and started the chain of events that ended tragically. Full disorientation.

Very sad, and shows how, what should have been a benign VFR sightseeing flight, can go very horribly wrong.
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