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 ...
The Tri-Cities/Bristol, Tennessee ILS or Loc Runway 23 approach requires pilots to maintain 6,000 feet on the 210-degree radial from the Glade Spring VOR before descending to 3,600 feet. The approach ...
US investigators probing a wrong-runway landing by an Embraer 170 at Chicago O’Hare have disclosed that the crew had encountered problems autotuning the ILS localiser frequency. The Envoy Air flight, ...
Investigators have determined that the first officer of a Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 selected the wrong ILS frequency before a wrong-runway landing at Lahore. The twinjet had been ...
Expert suggests instrument landing system (ILS) could have prevented the fatal Baramati plane crash. Investigation underway.