News /
Crash of Tu-154 at Smolensk-North--could it have been a bomb in the Polish plane? [233]
establishing why the pilot made the error is what we want to know. What led to that decision being made?
"during a PAR approach, the controller is in fact 'in control' of the aircraft. The pilot merely carries out controller instructions, as he has no means of verifying his position other than the controller's words. On such an approach the controller's words are an order, not a suggestion..."
--> Would a PAR approach not largely rely on functional and properly positioned runway approach lights, also?
Recall that the runway approach lights were set off the runway, on fenceposts (decoy)?
And here, following the crash, the Russians were seen installing lightbulbs on the actual runway approach lights:
youtube.com/watch?v=4Q9ZarY9Z-Q
Reports indicate that 5 of the 7 crewmembers (4 of who were in the cockpit and 3 stewardesses) had to be identified with DNA.
hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_POLAND_PLANE_CRASH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Notice on the shooting video, however, that the cockpit is largely intact. And, although not entirely conclusive, in the video it appears as though someone lying next to the cockpit may have been shot.
youtube.com/watch?v=PxIFh3NkEvM&feature=related