Originally Posted by
Whacker77
Any early reports as to what the crew communicated to the tower? A divert away from the main airport certainly suggested a fast acting problem.
There's a pilot over on PPrune that supposedly was on their freq. He said:
"I witnessed the whole thing on the radio while landing into AUH.
After attempting a straight in approach for 12L and getting there high and fast they were suggested to try OMSJ on hdg 090 or make a 360°.
I am afraid they lost spacial orientation while trying to join a RH downwidn for 12L.
They seemed to be unable to see any flight instrument or radio in the cockpit and they continously asked for their altitude, speed, heading to ATC through the realy of other airplanes cause they could not see
their own radio panel to swith to UAE Control or Dubai Tower."