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Watch the cockpit view of a night approach into Abu Dhabi

During a solo circumnavigation attempt, a pilot performed a night ILS approach into Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi, ...
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 ...
FlightChops on MSNOpinion

Watch a plane fight a 51-knot crosswind on final approach

ILS approaches are built for precision, but extreme wind changes everything. With crosswinds reaching 51 knots near the final ...
Flightglobal

A319 aborted low approach to Paris Orly after ILS signal ‘not switched on’: inquiry

French investigators have indicated that an absent ILS signal for a Paris Orly runway preceded a Volotea Airbus A319’s aborting its approach after triggering a low-altitude warning. The aircraft had ...
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E170 crew had ILS tuning difficulties before wrong-runway landing at Chicago

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, ...