The Instrument Landing System (ILS) uses localizer and glideslope transmitters for lateral and vertical guidance during approaches, offering precision down to low visibility minimums (Category I: ...
Nigerian investigators were unable to access information from either flight recorder of a Kabo Air Boeing 747-200 which touched down 100m short of the runway during a non-precision night landing at ...
Indian investigators state that the crew of an ATR 72-600 experienced “unusual” vibrations and felt the aircraft sink on final approach, just before it landed short of the runway at Bhubaneswar last ...
When it comes to flight and navigation instruments, there are few absolute certainties. Even though most instruments are fairly reliable, they are all susceptible to ...
The minimums for the ILS approach to Runway 14 at Republic Airport (FRG) in Farmingdale, New York, are 200 ft. above the runway and 0.75-m visibility. A Raytheon Hawker 800XP crew tried to fly that ...
The National Transportation Safety Board ( NTSB) has published its preliminary report about an incident involving an American ...
The pilot of a small jet that crashed into a Murphy Canyon neighborhood in dense fog last month, killing all six people on board, was on an instrument approach to Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport ...