The Most Hairy Approach ?
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MUTT, you are dead on there about the actual cause of the crash. A couple of points I should have made about the crash were;
1. (As you pointed out) Crew fatigue, a very long duty day and very little sleep before.
2. There was no reason to land to the east that night, the wind was light and they could have landed to the west, which is a normal approach.
During the day especialy in the afternoon the wind is always (well most of the time) from the east so you have to keep you base to final turn within 3/4 miles of the runway.
PS. I never heard of anybody actually bening fired at.
1. (As you pointed out) Crew fatigue, a very long duty day and very little sleep before.
2. There was no reason to land to the east that night, the wind was light and they could have landed to the west, which is a normal approach.
During the day especialy in the afternoon the wind is always (well most of the time) from the east so you have to keep you base to final turn within 3/4 miles of the runway.
PS. I never heard of anybody actually bening fired at.
