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Centaurus
14th Aug 2017, 14:07
https://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/FA20,_vicinity_Narsarsuaq_Greenland,_2001?utm_source=SKYbrar y&utm_campaign=dc40290cfb-537_Black_Hole_14_08_2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e405169b04-dc40290cfb-276530305

Add to crew 22 hours without sleep, the GPWS was inoperative and the captain turned early to cut short the NDB approach to track direct to the airport on a black night over terrain to save time. A cowboy operation at its worst with predictable tragic result