Originally Posted by
BOAC
Actually, 'Bloggs' and Steve, they were indeed 'easing' it down (in V/S) and were ALREADY high when the runway change happened.
Yep. They were 1,800ft high before the RWY change. I hope such an highness is manageable.
After the runway change, they were 8,100ft high:
Le changement de piste en service raccourcit la trajectoire d’environ 20 NM par rapport à l’approche ILS DME 29. L’écart au-dessus d’un plan théorique de 3° passe de 1 800 ft à environ 8 100 ft.
See also the graphics page 3. For those not reading french, the dark blue curve is the altitude, and the green curve is the theorical 3° slope (new runway) they were chasing.
Originally Posted by
jcjeant
To note that the CVR was erased by the crew ...
Do you have a source for that, or is it you "guessing" - along with a forever friendly attitude towards this particular airline - following the report stating the CVR was not available?
I can imagine other reasons for the CVR not being available, for example simply that you won't ground a plane over there following an incident with no impact on the said plane...