Not so sure about that! They could have been visual earlier, and as previously posited, got tempted for the Drive and Dive scenario.
Perhaps not. The autopilot was flying; they could have been distracted by the poor vis or confused about what they were actually seeing, all the while the autopilot is taking the aircraft lower and lower.
Nice Distance/Altitude table there,
Dadanawa. Great minds think alike!
Originally Posted by Bloggs, Post 210
18 LOC approach according to Bloggs:
350ft per nm/3.28°.
21 7580
20 7230
19 6880
18 6530
17 6180
16 5830
15 5480
14 5130
13 4780
12 4430
11 4080
10 3730
9 3380
8 3030
7 2680
6 2330 (limit 2300)
5 1980
4 1630
3.3 1385 (MDA)
3 1280
2 930
1 580
Get on it, stay on it. End of story. Too hard to work out? Get the FAA to put it on your charts.