Prospector, I'm not denying the briefing material nor am I sticking up for Collins on that score - I am replying to ampan's claim that the Collins flight had similar weather to the 2 diverted flights when it did not - it was patently better. But since you bring it up - did the briefing instruct the pilots on how they were to determine their azimuth from the TACAN? And, what process was undertaken to create this let-down area? Was it approved by the CAD? How? It seems to me that once the NDB was withdrawn flights to the ice should have been stopped by CAD, but that's just me, and the flights kept operating, so irrelevant I guess ..
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