@clark y
I don't read it as the aircraft climbed, I think they mean pitched up to perhaps maintain level or reduce vertical speed to capture path from below.
As they were cleared to decend 2000 then VOR 34 the pilot quite correctly wanted to keep descending. The problem came when instead of continuing to 2000 and commencing a 3deg path from there they set the altitude to the minima resulting in a unrestricted idle decent. Giving the aircraft no chance to get back on profile.
Terrible use of automation and display of mode awareness in my opinion.
Edit: this has nothing to do with a visual approach. The pilot made incorrect selections on the FCP and there appears to be little awareness of where the aeroplane was and how it got there.
Last edited by Joker89; 24th Feb 2013 at 02:59.