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Old 11th Jul 2013, 13:52
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They used to do them on request when I did initial instrument training in the UK maybe 30 years ago, at East Mids airport, which also had ILS and NDB approaches. I recall they weren't all that easy to do really accurately and needed currency
I vaguely recall that a 737-200 crashed during a SRA into East Midlands. It was a cargo operation and the aircraft got very low below the three degree slope with ATC reading out what height the aircraft should be at certain distance. eg Five miles - you should be at 1600 ft--turn left heading 272, four miles you should be at 1300 ft etc etc.

The aircraft was IMC and crew fatigued from multiple sectors. Anyway, the aircraft got so low it hit high tension towers and went in inverted.
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