11-04-2010, 06:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-04-2010, 07:27 AM by Carsten Wiethoff.)
According to http://www.wunderground.com/history/stat...me=NA&MR=1
the weather at the time of the attempted landing (short before 10 am CORRECTION: 10:56 local time) in Smolensk was:
Temp: 1 deg. C, Dewpoint 1 deg. C, Humidity 98%, QNH 1026 hPa, Visibility 0.5km, Wind from SE with 10.8 km/h, dense fog.
So the weather was really bad for a landing without ILS.
The final position of the plane is depicted here:
the weather at the time of the attempted landing (short before 10 am CORRECTION: 10:56 local time) in Smolensk was:
Temp: 1 deg. C, Dewpoint 1 deg. C, Humidity 98%, QNH 1026 hPa, Visibility 0.5km, Wind from SE with 10.8 km/h, dense fog.
So the weather was really bad for a landing without ILS.
The final position of the plane is depicted here:
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