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Old 15th Aug 2013, 11:27
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DaveReidUK
 
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If they were doing 190KTS less than 1 nm out
If they were doing 190kt at that point.

But that calculation is presumably based on the same dodgy FlightAware data that puts the final position of the aircraft within the airport boundary.

However if we assume that the two previous position plots are valid (granted, an equally precarious assumption) then they put the aircraft at 5.46nm from the threshold and then a minute later at 2.83nm.

That's an average GS of 158kt - a lot different from 190kt.
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