Flightglobal

ILS abnormality encountered days before ERJ-145’s off-runway landing

US investigators probing a CommutAir Embraer ERJ-145’s offset approach path, before it suffered a runway excursion at Presque Isle, have disclosed that a second aircraft had encountered an offset to ...
Flying

Aeronautical Decision Making Is Never One Size Fits All

The author generally prefers RNAV (GPS) approaches over ILS approaches due to potential ILS signal issues and the complexities of switching CDI needles on some systems, which can lead to unintended ...
Flightglobal

A320 terrain near-collision inquiry: ILS ‘masking’ threat of mis-set altimeter

French investigation authority BEA believes the prevalence of ILS approaches has obscured an underlying vulnerability of aircraft to the risk of terrain collision arising from incorrect altimeter ...
Aviation Week

High Or Low? Pilots Disagree On Right Approach, Part 2

View of the approach path reveals the Falcon 20 passed through a copse of trees before crashing. Credit: NTSB While the pilots of Sierra West Flight 887 waited for a reply to their request for an ILS ...
Devdiscourse

AAIB suggests recording background communications of traffic controllers on duty at int'l airports

Therefore, RWY 29L is designated only for arrivals and RWY29R exclusively for departures.After landing on Runway 29R, the aircraft vacated via Taxiway R and informed Tower on enquiring that they had ...