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Looking at the IAP published in the Lao AIP , a mistake was actually made by Jeppesen . The table in the AIP plate shows distance to/from PAK versus Height and NOT altitude . It is an oversight because in the Vientiane (VOR/DME 13) charts , the same height info is published on the AIP ( no altitude reference , just height ) but Jeppesen converted it to altitudes on their plate . Interestingly enough , on the more recent plates designed for Luang Phabang , the AIP gives you both Altitude and height in brackets instead of height only .
Conclusion : Oversight from the designers of the original Vientiane/Pakse plates who should have given both references instead of just the height AND oversight(actually more of a wrong info ) from Jeppesen on the Pakse plate .
Probably unrelated to this accident but interesting nevertheless .
MDA for the straight in approach is 990 ft AMSL , MDH-645 ft ( Cat A,B,C) . Info published in the AIP as well .
Last edited by perceval; 28th Oct 2013 at 16:03.