Originally Posted by
gulliBell
If they couldn't see where they were going at 2.2nm to run then obviously they shouldn't have ended up where they did. And if they could see, they shouldn't have ended up where they did either.
It’s common to bust published minimums going into those islands. You simply build your own VNAV/LNAV approach and fly Pacific IFR (I Follow Reef). Perhaps this crew wasn’t as familiar with Pacific IFR procedures.