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Old 6th Jun 2003, 04:30
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tyrant
 
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Bad news indeed.

The Oryx was doing vectored ILS's at FADN, he had already been flying for quite a while.

He was +- 10nm miles from the field when he was given one of his base turn vectors, this when he called mayday.

He made a b line for the field and appeared to abort the first landing attempt, the aircraft then went completely out of control and crashed.

It appears at this stage the cause is some kind of flight control malfunction that began when he was given his right turn vector. The aircraft was observed to have begun a left turn instead of a right. When this was inquired by the ATC, it was answered with the mayday.

The injuries at this stage seem a lot worse than initially thought, referring to the "minor injuries" comment released by the saaf. Having an inter cranial bleed and having a spleen removed doesn't sound minor to me. The FE seems to be the worst off.

The callsign was Rudolph.

Prayers and best wishes be with the families.

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