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To: PotatoHeadMick

“the plane’s lights failed in heavy fog”

I thought it was the runway’s lights that failed in the fog?


24 posted on 06/24/2011 6:30:19 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Allowing Islam into America is akin to injecting yourself with AIDS to prove how tolerant you are...)
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To: B4Ranch
“I thought it was the runway’s lights that failed in the fog?”

Correct. What I do not understand is if the pilot had the runway lights (Actually the rabbit lights that lead to the runway) he should have executed a missed approach the moment they went out.

25 posted on 06/24/2011 8:55:48 AM PDT by cpdiii (Deckhand, Roughneck, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist, Iconoclast: THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR.)
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