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Forum: Rumours & News

17th May 2010, 20:44

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Afriqiyah Airbus 330 Crash

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Posted By Niner_Mike

Active METAR

According to Afriqiyah, the crash took place at 4:00 UTC
The active metar at that time was
or even
So the crew was expecting with high probability a visual approach, unless warned otherwise by...

Forum: Rumours & News

16th May 2010, 07:11

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Afriqiyah Airbus 330 Crash

Views: 856,596

Posted By Niner_Mike

Jetjock330 quoted CNN: I speculate that the...

Jetjock330 quoted CNN:
I speculate that the city and runway environment might have been visible from very far, making the pilots think they were going to execute a visual approach. I believe that...

Forum: Rumours & News

15th May 2010, 15:21

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Afriqiyah Airbus 330 Crash

Views: 856,596

Posted By Niner_Mike

I estimate he was 2° off course to the right,...

I estimate he was 2° off course to the right, provided he was following the 92° M course towards TPI on the VOR DME Rwy 09 approach.

Being 2° off course (which is not a lot on a VOR track so...

Forum: Rumours & News

15th May 2010, 14:18

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Afriqiyah Airbus 330 Crash

Views: 856,596

Posted By Niner_Mike

Approach design

288' height from missed approach point to threshold is not a lot to decide and alter course when on a 4° offset course, or perform a safe go-around. At that missed approach point you are 80 m to the...

Forum: Rumours & News

15th May 2010, 10:06

Replies: 1,543

Afriqiyah Airbus 330 Crash

Views: 856,596

Posted By Niner_Mike

Correlation between VOR DME Rwy 09 final approach course and crash site location

When checking the 13-1 VOR DME Rwy 09 approach plate (assuming that the aircraft was following this approach), I noticed that the Tripoli VOR (TPI) is located about 300 m south of the runway (also...

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