Thread: Canadian Plane Crash
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Old 03-08-2005, 11:13   #14
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Re: Canadian Plane Crash
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Originally Posted by Saxodriver
It is a damn shame I remember a program I think on Discovery Wings, which showed a Airbus I think the A380, landing with the computer aided program, was amazing the pilot was sat feet up reading a newspaper and the plane did all the work itself and perfectly.
This is all down to the aircraft and the airport. The technology to do this is pretty old, the most up to date version is CATIIIB/C autoland. The B is for blind, CAT IIIb requires a runway visibility range of 150 feet at a decision height of zero feet, and CAT IIIc relies completely on instrumentation and has no ceiling or runway visibility range minima. For B the pilot basically has to look out the window, confirm that there is a runway beneath them and press a button for the plane to complete the approach.
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