Very sad to hear about this tragic event.
I'm pretty new to the world of ATC and am curious about RVR minima, especially for an aircraft of this type.
Where I work (Cat 3b ILS) we regularly have modern biz-jets coming in during LVPs with minima around 550-600. Obviously when the RVR remains below this they divert.
Now looking at the reported RVRs at Cork this morning it seems like they were floating around the 300-400 mark. At our Cat3 airport we would be seeing a lot of the biz-jets and possibly even airliners flying off to alternate aerodromes. Would the Manx2 crews' minima actually be down that low for a Cat2 ILS approach?
Regarding the snippit from the AIP pasted below, I can only guess this kind of thing would increase a crews' AOM?
Looking forward to some expert insight into my curiosity.
From the AIP:
Caution: Operational evaluation has indicated that the performance of automatic landing systems may be affected by the profile of the terrain under the approach to RWY 17. Operators' procedures should take account of this during CAT II approaches.