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Old 29th Aug 2015, 14:47
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Timmy Tomkins
 
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Lucky boys

I am reluctant to condemn these guys without having the full story.

Having experienced a bad night I know how things can build up. We landed on the fumes once after en route winds, general weather forecast plus fog forecasts were all wrong (over Europe). The landing was off approach number 2 at an airport forecast to be out but wasn't when our destination and alternates, which were forecast to be OK, were all out.

We also had a major technical problem during go around from approach no1 and after some frantic activity, and increased pulse rate, landed on limits, but it clamped seconds later and we needed a follow me to exit the runway area.

We followed the rules but it was one of those nights; I'm glad they got away with it.
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