Originally Posted by
dr dre
It was VA that landed below minima in YMIA, not QF.
I suggest you read the actual report, QF planned to land below minima, adjusted to a 'new minima' 200 ft below the actual, continued below that and became visual at less than 200 ft AGL then quoted cloud base of 150ft AGL to other aircraft. The VA aircraft used the 150ft guide for the first approach, did not get visual, went around, but did see the runway below them in the missed approach and then declared the fuel emergency as they were now fuel critical. I know people on the ground who witnessed the whole event, QF landed in very poor conditions, possibly much worse than if they had held for a while. The SPECI at the time the QF landed was cloud OVC at 100 ft and 900m vis, which matches what I've been told.