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Actual weather was worse than forecast, and the F100 crew believed they had no options other than repeated attempts to land at their planned destination, the ATSB said.
Lacking both confidence in the weather forecast for their alternate airport and adequate fuel to divert there after three missed approaches, the Fokker Aircraft F100 crew flew in clouds below the minimum descent altitude (MDA) to land at Paraburdoo Airport in Western Australia, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) says.
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