UK AIP ENR sec 3.2.4.1 states:
A flight experiencing communication failure in IMC shall:
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(c) (i) If being radar vectored, or proceeding offset according to RNAV, without a specified limit, continue in accordance with
ATC instructions last acknowledged for 3 minutes only and then proceed in the most direct manner possible to rejoin
the current flight planned route. Pilots should ensure that they remain at, or above, the minimum safe altitude.
(ii) If being radar vectored by an Approach Control Radar Unit (callsign DIRECTOR/RADAR/APPROACH), comply with the
loss of communications procedures notified on the appropriate Radar Vectoring Chart as detailed in the AD 2 section of
the UK AIP.
At Humberside airport, for example:
LOSS OF COMMUNICATION PROCEDURES
Initial Approach
Continue visually or by means of an appropriate final approach aid. If not possible proceed at 3000FT, or last assigned level if higher, to KIM NDB†.
Intermediate and Final Approach
Continue visually or by means of an appropriate final approach aid. If not possible follow the Missed Approach Procedure to KIM NDB†.
† In all cases where the aircraft returns to the holding facility the procedure to be adopted is the basic Radio Failure Procedure detailed at ENR 1.1.3
You may keep a copy of your pink pages to hand in your en-route planner, along with the radar vectoring area chart, but if you are in IMC getting the
knocked out of you and you suffer a comms failure, you might not want to be digging around for such reference material. Its important to commit these emergency procedures to memory for when you really need them.
critical winge - its not very useful posting quotes from a Canadian publication when the originator of the thread is UK; just think logically about it
