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TSB report finds WestJet pilots misidentified runway during approach into St. Maarten
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has released its report regarding WestJet’s much talked-about Sint Maarten missed approach back in March 2017. The report found that “unexpected weather conditions on final approach, reduced runway conspicuity, and inadequate flight path monitoring led to a risk of collision with terrain.” (www.theluxescape.com) المزيد...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Company communication probably suggested that its not a good thing thing if you are both looking outside and nobody is flying the aircraft. Also, one of those little instruments is there to tell you the alitude but it only works if you look at it! When the EGPWS activates maybe its time to utilize that expensive training, however if the airspeed is that low, with the throttles at 55% and you may very close to the shaker in that nose hign attitude, maybe your way behind the power curve and your plane! Too harsh?
Not harsh enough, Highflyer.
Don't think so.
Not at all.
Highly UNskilled piloting...
Frightening to read. Less than 6 seconds from impact and they were oblivious.
Good thing they flew out of the rain shower, as if that's anything unusual down there.
Correct me if I’m wrong. Doesn’t St marteen only have one runway???
Yes
That’s what I thought. My thought is thou there is if there’s only one runway how the hell did you misidentify it. Lol we’re we not paying attention to the Nav equipment?? Did we lose directional awareness. The rule of thumb in aviation is never put yourself or your plane someplace your mind hasn’t been 5 minutes before.
Looking at the photo in the article it is very easy to see how that hotel looks brighter and still runway shaped from the aircraft's position and the atmo conditions. Looks easy to misidentify, especially if one hasn't been there all that much. [but doesn't negate the poor piloting skills though]
Did you look at the picture? The hotel in the rain looks like a strip of concrete to me. Are you even a pilot? On an actual airplane in IMC? Bad piloting absolutely. A great lesson in how a number of errors can lead up to a huge disaster.