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Old 15th May 2013, 06:37
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Confirming many points heard in Bali, but leaving some other unanswered.
The airline (and Capt ) explanation that it was a micro-burst and that despite applying full power a/c continued to descend is seriously shaken by the CVR transcript.(as expected ) No Chances anymore for the Boeing award I would say.

Continuing descent below MDA without runway in sight on a non-precision APP seem to be the main cause.
The fact that the a/c was never aligned with the runway is confirmed , but not explained.
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