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Old 28th Mar 2016, 15:18
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https://www.rt.com/news/337400-pilot...boeing-rostov/


With the caveat this reporting could be completely wrong:

The article indicted the crew attempted two auto lands where earlier in this thread it was stated only manual landing with use of a the hud were the only authorized company specs. (Personally I think this is bad reporting)

"Meanwhile, according to Kommersant’s sources, the recorder revealed that flight FZ981 had made two attempts to land in automatic mode, and since a veering squall wind hampered the second attempt, the pilot decided to make a third approach for landing in manual mode."


If the aircraft was in windshear where the GPWS recognized it, the warning would have clearly been heard on the recording and I would have thought that would have been reported.

If the aircraft was not in actual windshear a normal go around should have been accomplished (to maintain energy), only reverting to the windshear recovery procedure when the pilots observed or GPWS reported Windshear.

I find the possible dual control situation extraordinarily troubling.
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