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Old 24th Feb 2014, 18:47
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GlobalNav;
That the TCH was 47.7 ft, not 60-75 ft, which is the minimum for Height Group 4 (A300), is not relevant to this accident, considering the events, in my opinion.
I agree.

I put together the following graphic, similar to mm43's but using G.E. The timings and the altitudes are from the original preliminary report and use a nominal 145kt groundspeed, and could be refined somewhat for IMTOY. The two important lines are the blue and green ones which are the MDA and 3.2° PAPI, respectively.

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