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Old 17th Aug 2013, 06:44
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I was thinking the crew would probably shoot the RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 approach but they certainly were legal to do the LOC Rwy 18 (don't know why it's RWY on one plate and Rwy on the other).
From Robert Sumwalt's Friday NTSB presser, it looks like the UPS 1354 crew briefed and shot the LOC Rwy 18.

There are rumours, I stress rumors, of significant prior crew training issues, if so, I'm sure this will come out in the NTSB report.

So far, looks like there was no mechanical problem with the aircraft, as also apparently was the case with Asiana 214.

I wonder if the NTSB will harvest the chitchat about the company, the union, howya feelin', I'm tired, ready to go to the hotel, etc. from the CVR? They got a lot of what would previously be considered 'non-pertinent conversation' from the BUF Colgan 3407 crash.
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