Pilots of a TransAsia Airways flight could not see the runway before the plane crashed on July 23 in Taiwan's outlying Penghu islands killing 48 people, the aviation safety authority said on Friday.
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Flight GE222 carrying 54 passengers and four crew deviated four degrees from its course as it attempted to land in a rainstorm, according to an initial report released by Taiwan's aviation safety council. [Xinhua] |
Flight GE222 carrying 54 passengers and four crew deviated four degrees from its course as it attempted to land in a rainstorm, according to an initial report released by Taiwan's aviation safety council.
The flight was given a green light to land at 7:03 p.m.and began to shift from auto-pilot to manual operation at 7:05:44 p.m., according to the black box recording transcript released by the council.
"Have you seen the runway?" the captain asked at around 7:05:58 p.m.
"No,"the copilot answered.
At 7:06:11 p.m., both pilots asked to "go around," with the cockpit recording an unidentified sound two seconds later.
At 7:06:16 p.m., the copilot said "go around, go around." The black box recording ended about three seconds later.
The report is a factual account and doesn't draw any conclusion about the crash, said the council, adding a final investigation report will be published in October 2015.