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Crashed 747's crew aware of excessive height: inquiry
Russian investigators indicate that the crew of a Turkish-operated Boeing 747-400F knew the aircraft was too high on its approach before it overflew Bishkek airport and crashed far beyond the end of the runway. (www.flightglobal.com) Altro...
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You can get away with high, fast appraches in good weather. Cat 2 ops, essential that you are on speed, on course, configured for landing.
And might I add, HF, at the GS intercept altitude. If you are high, as was stated in this case, the autopilot will not capture the "true" GS from above, but may capture a "false" one that leads to who knows where? The unrealistically high descent rate needed to follow the false GS should have been a major clue. TERPS and the AIM are fairly well established references.
Absolutely.
Pilot clearly forgot to deploy tail-hook.
