Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Gulf Air" in English language version.
..significantly higher than standard aircraft speeds during the descent and the first approach... ...performing an orbit, a non-standard manoeuvre, close to the runway at low altitude"..
The investigation showed that no single factor was responsible for the accident to GF-072. The accident was the result of a fatal combination of many contributory factors, both at the individual and systemic levels.
4b. The analysis of FDR and CVR recordings indicated that neither the captain nor the first officer perceived, or effectively responded to, the threat of the aircraft's increasing proximity to the ground in spite of repeated hard GPWS warnings...
This position was strengthened last year when the state of Qatar withdrew from Gulf Air and threw all its weight behind its home carrier.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Gulf Air. 9 December 2000. Retrieved on 29 May 2011.This position was strengthened last year when the state of Qatar withdrew from Gulf Air and threw all its weight behind its home carrier.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Gulf Air. 1 August 2002. Retrieved on 29 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)4b. The analysis of FDR and CVR recordings indicated that neither the captain nor the first officer perceived, or effectively responded to, the threat of the aircraft's increasing proximity to the ground in spite of repeated hard GPWS warnings...