@deSitter
I go the other way about this arrival.
I think they may have been too low to even see the PAPI or REIL's.
The runway in sight call out was what the PNF saw of the remaining runway lights.
If they mistook lights on I-59 for PAPI's, they (the PAPI's) would have been at the wrong end of the string of runway lights.
If Mrs. Benson's trees are 921' MSL, they were already more than 279' below minimums, possibly before IMTOY.
Also, it's been a long time since I have driven through Birmingham in the morning, is there that much bumper to bumper traffic there at 5 AM?
Last edited by Old Boeing Driver; 25th Aug 2013 at 13:11.