Hell, the Yak landed without even being cleared to land. That is ridiculous.
And unfortunately, it shows the mentality of the Poles towards Russians - to hell what they think, we're going in anyway. Why they even started the descent when Smolensk-North told them that they couldn't accept them is beyond me!
It's interesting that Hamby, the CEO of the company behind TAWS in Tucson (Arizona), refused to comment. He likely didn't want to become embroiled in a bitter dispute.
Wise not to attempt to get involved in an ongoing investigation.
That's the point. That plane descends much faster than normal. Somehow they didn't know that.
Well - they were too high at the outer beacon, so descending faster than normal isn't entirely wrong. If you look at the flight path that someone has suggested, they were fine until the 100m point.
The crucial thing here is that they had seconds to correct their mistake - when you think about it like that, it becomes much easier to accept human error.
I wonder if the crew of Air Force One would attempt a landing in such circumstances?