No ILS = emergency? Am I missing something here?

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No ILS = emergency? Am I missing something here?

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A quick-thinking Air India pilot avoided a catastrophe on September 11 after his plane’s instrument landing system failed.

https://www.newsweek.com/quick-thinking ... ad-1126434
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Good grief! :-O Very glad that the story had a happy ending. :)

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This is a more air minded summary of the situation - http://avherald.com/h?article=4bd8a3c1&opt=0
In short the ceiling was around 500' and they'd lost any method of conducting a precision approach. So yes I'd declare an emergency. ATC weren't being particularly useful either.
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