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Old 11th Jun 2020, 21:26
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Is ignoring ATC a common thing?

(SLF) After reading through this thread I haven't seen an answer to this question I am having: is it a common thing for the PIC to simply ignore a given vector by ATC and bluntly answer that they are fine and won't comply?
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Old 11th Jun 2020, 21:42
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There would have to be justification to decline an ATC instruction. In this case the aircraft had established on the ILS (albeit grossly not stable) and the Captain was ‘comfortable’ with the situation, despite the circumstances which tragically unfolded.
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Old 11th Jun 2020, 23:59
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There is a PIA website where at least one post refers to both pilots fasting. Shouldn't be too hard to find. My detailed information or research indicating the reasons why "cultural" matters could have contributed to this accident were removed by the moderator, apparently under "moderator discretion" rather than specific posting rules.
It would be an improvement if posters would avoid an attempt at political correctness re dehydration.

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Old 12th Jun 2020, 00:21
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Originally Posted by lomapaseo

I'm not trying to be complete here,I'm just trying to understand what you really want. and why.
It's not what I want. It is what the NTSB detailed docket provides for accidents under their jurisdiction. Very full disclosure and transparency.
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Old 12th Jun 2020, 01:19
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Originally Posted by autoflight
There is a PIA website where at least one post refers to both pilots fasting. Shouldn't be too hard to find. My detailed information or research indicating the reasons why "cultural" matters could have contributed to this accident were removed by the moderator, apparently under "moderator discretion" rather than specific posting rules.
It would be an improvement if posters would avoid an attempt at political correctness re dehydration.
Regarding Fasting, that has been the case for Muslim air crew for many/many years with no reported problems. Why would this one be different?
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Old 12th Jun 2020, 05:22
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Because it crashed.
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Old 12th Jun 2020, 06:16
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Originally Posted by Longtimer
Regarding Fasting, that has been the case for Muslim air crew for many/many years with no reported problems. Why would this one be different?
Discussed at length earlier in the thread.
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Old 12th Jun 2020, 06:29
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Like everything else. Including the observation that everything was discussed earlier in the thread.
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Old 12th Jun 2020, 07:09
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As previously mentioned wait for 22 June ~ Interim Report to be published
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Old 12th Jun 2020, 07:49
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Originally Posted by aterpster
It's not what I want. It is what the NTSB detailed docket provides for accidents under their jurisdiction. Very full disclosure and transparency.
Though it's worth mentioning, in this general context, that anyone can read the detailed and complete CVR transcript from AF447 many times over, in French or in good translation, and while you can be sure what happened, why it happened will forever remain baffling.
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Old 12th Jun 2020, 10:00
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Originally Posted by ATC Watcher
As I explained already at the beginning of this thread , TWR controllers cannot issue a Go around instruction for that reason, Once a PIC reports established on the ILS ,he is on his own , It is up to them to manage his approach .TWR Controllers should not interfere unless the runway is blocked or becomes not avail . In addition in many modern Towers you cannot monitor the approach anyway ( too far away )
I know that !! But if I were an ATC controller watching a supposedly routine flight flaring gear up afew feet above the runway, I couldn't help yelling on the radio in order to warn the crew of the situation. "XXXX Go around !!" could be the first sentence coming into my mind. It would be a reflex and meanwhile I wouldn't think about the rules and the lawyers. Time for that later.
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Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
While a new tower at OPKC has been planned for several years, the current one (built in 1932) is atop the original terminal, not particularly high, and about 3/4 of the way down the runway from the 25 end (around 2.6 km from the 25L piano keys).
OK. Makes sense. This fact is in my opinion a satisfying reply to my earlier question.
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Old 12th Jun 2020, 10:21
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Originally Posted by homebuilt
I know that !! But if I were an ATC controller watching a supposedly routine flight flaring gear up afew feet above the runway, I couldn't help yelling on the radio in order to warn the crew of the situation. "XXXX Go around !!" could be the first sentence coming into my mind. It would be a reflex and meanwhile I wouldn't think about the rules and the lawyers. Time for that later.
Do we know that the gear were up during the approach? Or did they transit up owing to a botched GA process?

Report will (should) tell but it seems to me that TWR's inaction is unlikely to play a significant part in probable cause
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Old 12th Jun 2020, 10:38
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Originally Posted by parkfell
There would have to be justification to decline an ATC instruction. In this case the aircraft had established on the ILS (albeit grossly not stable) and the Captain was ‘comfortable’ with the situation, despite the circumstances which tragically unfolded.
I am a bit puzzled how that squares with a non-compliance report made by ATC controller, and formal notice sent to PIA regarding. https://www.aviation-accidents.net/w...ht-pk8303-.pdf
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Old 12th Jun 2020, 10:52
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If I were an ATC controller watching a supposedly routine flight flaring gear up afew feet above the runway, I couldn't help yelling on the radio in order to warn the crew of the situation. "XXXX Go around !!" could be the first sentence coming into my mind. It would be a reflex and meanwhile I wouldn't think about the rules and the lawyers. Time for that later.
This is where it gets difficult.
If you were watching a take off, and you saw flames coming from an engine, you would probably tempted to shout "Stop!".
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Old 12th Jun 2020, 10:56
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No Gear, go round would perhaps be a better call. Less likely focussed pilot would ignore the interfering ATC person!
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Old 12th Jun 2020, 11:04
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Originally Posted by Maninthebar
Do we know that the gear were up during the approach? Or did they transit up owing to a botched GA process?

Report will (should) tell but it seems to me that TWR's inaction is unlikely to play a significant part in probable cause
Must have been up at least during flare, since the aircraft made a "scrape and go" on its engines. But true, one has to impatiently wait for a reliable report..
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Old 12th Jun 2020, 11:14
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Originally Posted by 16024
This is where it gets difficult.
If you were watching a take off, and you saw flames coming from an engine, you would probably tempted to shout "Stop!".
I suppose I'd reply "no". Flames coming from an engine is what I'd call "a routine sequence in the sims". Furthermore I know how much a rejected take-off is such a marginal maneuver.. But here, were one guy watching an apparently perfect shaped airliner flaring gear up, it would be a far more marginal matter than "simply" an engine belching flames..

But anyway I'm not an ATC controller, and beeing closer to retirement than to CPL-IR course, I've no plans to start a new career..
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Old 12th Jun 2020, 13:42
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Originally Posted by donotdespisethesnake
I am a bit puzzled how that squares with a non-compliance report made by ATC controller, and formal notice sent to PIA regarding. https://www.aviation-accidents.net/w...ht-pk8303-.pdf
One of those grey areas where the ultimate decision rests with the pilot, notwithstanding that the approach radar controller knew through experience that the profile was decidedly “iffy”.
The other question is whether a report (MOR?) would have been raised had the tragic events not have occurred?

With the benefit of hindsight approach radar controller should have notified the aerodrome controller that is was decidedly “iffy”
and instructed a Go-Around.
Was he transferred to tower frequency?

A time that you are required to do as you are told might be, for example : “I am instructed by Her Majesty Government to refuse you entry into United Kingdom Airspace. What are your intentions?
Failure to comply would be followed by a QRA by air defence.........
There may well be others......yet to be pointed out
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Old 12th Jun 2020, 17:25
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Missed approach instructions

There are criteria in ICAO 4444 which define when an aircraft should be instructed to go around, vs when it should be advised to go around. If the ATCO considers the aircraft is dangerously positioned, then it's an instruction; if he/she considers it to be in a position where a safe approach cannot be completed, then it's advice. Both of those hinge on understanding what the ATCOs involved were able to see, what they could deduce from that information, & of particular note, how much that differed from how they were used to seeing the aircraft fly it's approach. Without understanding how PIA normally fly, & how different this approach was, it's difficult to draw any conclusion as to whether the ATC reaction was appropriate or not.
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