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No ILS = emergency? Am I missing something here?
Posted: 18 Sep 2018, 17:46
by calypso
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
Re: No ILS = emergency? Am I missing something here?
Posted: 18 Sep 2018, 19:49
by FlyTexas
Good grief!
Very glad that the story had a happy ending.
Brian
Re: No ILS = emergency? Am I missing something here?
Posted: 18 Sep 2018, 20:14
by SkippyBing
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.