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Old 21st Nov 2013, 15:49
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Spaace
 
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Hard to Believe !

Very hard to believe how an experienced crew positioned for and landed at an airfield almost 7 miles before their actual planned destination, on a runway 18 when they were expecting to land on runway 19 !

Was the WAAS GPS not working, was there no DME and VOR set up, was the ILS for RWY 19 at McConnell unserviceable ??

I am even more puzzled that approach radar were not concerned by their height, heading and airspeed. It must have looked rather strange at 15 miles out and getting more critical by the minute. Was this ever questioned by radar ? They must have thought they were descending a tad early !

Would love to know what was programmed into their GPS flight plan and FMS etcetera....... Was the destination entered incorrectly ????

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