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Old 5th Apr 2015, 02:14
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Originally Posted by Astra driver
The lowest required visibility for this approach according to the Jepp charts is 1sm, the reported visibilities from the METARS taken just before and just after the accident are 1/2sm and 3/4sm respectively. Am I missing something here?

Post 114: http://www.pprune.org/8925370-post114.html
In Canada vis on the plates are not limits, approach bans are lower and depend on company sops and equipment used....

Post 115: http://www.pprune.org/8925377-post115.html
As stated above, approaches in Canada aren't visibility limited. I believe AC and WJ would both have lower ops specs, somewhere around 1/2-3/4 mile. So I believe they were legal to shoot approach, landing is limited on seeing the runway (or lights) at MDA/DH. I think everything was legal from that stand point.
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