Originally Posted by
suninmyeyes
It is only when you know about a subject that you realise how absolutely crap the reporting is.
I would like to bet the following were all false reports:
4)The tower told the crew to check the gear was down
I think the widely reported, but erroneous, media item about the tower gear check came from an early posting on the Aviation Herald which Simon has now corrected.
From the comment thread on the AV Herald EK521 article:
ATC call
By John smith on Thursday, Aug 4th 2016 07:46Z
ATC call is "good afternoon, continue approach, plan to vacate M9" I can understand how that sounds a little like the gear, but it's a standard ATC call
@ John Smith Aug 4th 07:46z
By Simon Hradecky on Thursday, Aug 4th 2016 08:55Z
Thanks a lot for your heads up. A review of the recording indeed showed, in connection with the reply of the crew, that your reading of the recording is correct, several (trained) listeners involved by AVH and myself were absolutely certain this was a reminder regarding the landing gear until your possible interpretation arrived.