Originally Posted by
grimmrad
Did they use Apple maps to navigate? And - why not having a look at your phone where you are and then problem is solved. Bit amazed that in their multi-million dollar plane there is no good mapping system or what is going on there... (but what do I know)?
No kidding! Why is it that when I'm sailing with my chart plotter I know where I am within a few feet at all times, but these guys can land a 747 8 miles from their destination and not know where they are? This seems more than strange. It reminds me of Northwest Flight 52 which landed in the
wrong country, while 241 passengers in back knew exactly where they were. And this was in 1995!
DC-10 misses Frankfurt runway - by 300km
Doesn't someone think it's time that pilots knew where they were?