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Old 15th Sep 2017, 12:16
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LFPB 101500Z AUTO 22012KT 9999 FEW032 OVC064 19/12 Q1004 TEMPO 21015G25KT SCT030TCU

I wouldn't necessarily call that low viz, a bit windy if anything. Certainly within limits tho.

All of the approaches to 25 (LOCa25, RNAV25, VORa25, & VPTd25) are offset 20-30 deg due to CDG, requiring swing over on short final.

Gusty winds would make the transition a bit more difficult, but since the report says the left wing hit runway edge lights on 25, it sounds more like they overshot the swing over and tried to save it or had too much bank still in on flare.

It will be telling if the damaged runway lights were on the left or right side of 25. Right side would indicate a nearly disasterous situation...left side less so.

But as mentioned above, definitely not worth bending the jet trying to salvage a bad approach.
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