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Old 18th Jun 2013, 08:20
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Capt Fathom
 
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With a guessed visibility of 500m or less, the aircraft would not become visual until 85 feet above the runway elevation, based on a 3 deg profile.

Yet it was seen at what looked like 500 feet during the previous approach.

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