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Old 18th Nov 2015, 09:18
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Not a bad report , the CVR transpript and fuel management are missing,but based on what I have heard on the grapewine they had more than sufficient fuel to divert to Delhi.
So if the co-ordinates would have been entered correctly they would have gotten away with it...
Probably, and that is what is sad with this all. You need an accident or a serious incident to discover and correct operations like theses...

because regardless of wrong data base and other contributing factors, , first time in KTM and going below MDA in zero visibility on a non precision APP , you need guts...
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