Talk:Avianca Flight 011
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[edit] Verifying tale
Many preachers seem to be telling a story of a pilot who ignored a GPWS (Ground Proximity Warning System) warning, saying "shut up, gringo!". This flight seems to be the most likely candidate from the details of the story. Are there transcripts of the cockpit voice recorder of this incident to verify this account? [1] (third paragraph down) 05:58, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] What happened to the flight number?
Today, flight 011 operates only from Madrid to Bogotá.
[edit] accident cause
Even if the pilot made a was intercepting the localizer at the wrong angle, how did the aircraft descend below the MDA? I thought standard ILS procedure was to maintain a certain altitude (prescribed by ATC) until the glideslope capture occurs. Wouldn't the pilot/copilot/flight engineer have seen on the radio altimeter that the pilot was descending too fast?
