Originally Posted by
Airbubba
Wow, they weren't kidding when they called it a circle to land.
An interesting detail from the story linked above:
I disagree. I've certainly heard VFR used to mean in visual conditions on more than one occasion. From context I think VFR was probably used by the tower controller to mean visual conditions in this case.
The path looks quite different than it should be if you are cleared from Guras to continue the approach. In this case the approach would be VOR DME 02! But the flight path might be exaggerated. Most probably trying to do a 360 at low altitude combined with fatigue due to 5th flight(that is some long hours for the day resulting in fatigue); this might have resulted in loss of SA, confusion and a stall! Combined effect!
VFR in this context certainly means VMC conditions in this case.