ATC Watcher: """""I do not think so either.definitively not in the sense of a PAR or an SRA APP as described by ICAO , ( no GCA in civil operations , only PAR and SRA)
We seem to have determined moons ago ( facts from the repport and other sources) that this flight was an international flight operating Civil (ICAO) rules , not a military flight operating under Russian military ATC rules , right ?.""""""""""""""
Precisely so. The communication between ATC and pilot is is very specific. I have done some PAR approaches. It is very paractical and precise if executed as intended and could have saved the day in this case. This APP had nothing to do with PAR APP.