Originally Posted by
FlyingStone
Night visual turned into CFIT.
Read here.
As a result visual approaches were forbidden for years at many Italian airport (even in daytime CAVOK).
Interesting, thanks for that. I didn't see any mention of the controllers legal woes in that first link you posted, that's why I was wondering. Interesting discussion on the judicial decision regarding what the controller's obligations are. I think If I were an Italian controller, I'd have given my last visual approach clearance, ever, once that came out.
edit: although reading that, it seems to me that it wasn't exactly a case of "less that optimal weather conditions". it's a little vague, but my interpretation was that the weather conditions were fine, it was that because of the aircraft's position, and the intervening terrain, the pilot couldn't have seen the airport from there. And the controller should have known that, somehow.