UK investigators have suggested that pilots may be losing currency with non-precision approaches, as they become less common, after probing an incident involving a Ukrainian Antonov An-26 at ...
On a stormy November night, American Airlines Flight 1572 descended below minimum altitude during a non precision approach. With rapidly falling pressure and incorrect altimeter settings, the aircraft ...
Re non-precision approaches, my contention is much simpler than Andreas Jacobs imagines (Letters, Flight International, 4-10 June). Statistically, non-precision approaches are high on the list of ...