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Old 19th Mar 2016, 16:17
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FZ does not do autoland approaches. They do Cat3A manual landings when required.

WTF. Why would anyone do that? And I still have no idea, nor heard one, why both GA's were executed at such a high height? Why hold 2 hours in hope of an improvement, then decide it's worth a 2nd shot, and then cancell it 4nm from the runway/ In that case the GA is not a 'surprise', nor it is a rushed manoeuvre; well no need to be. They would have had plenty of time to brief the 2nd attempt. They would have reviewed their 1st effort and decided if they would do the same or perhaps modify their techniques. There should have been no internal surprise factor. Hence my comment that the CVR will prove very interesting. I hope it has more than 30mins. More questions than answers at the moment.
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