framer says:
and the weather that was reported at the time.
Forecast at McMurdo prior to descent. Cloud base 4000 feet and viz 40 miles.
From CVR:
1.Aircraft 6000 descending to 2000 and in VMC.
2.There are no less than 13 references made by one pilot to the other confirming that the aircraft was flying VMC.
I knew a few Captains in my outfit that would prefer to do ILS approaches in CAVOK conditions rather than a visual approach. Fair enough, whatever you are comfortable with. No problem descending to 1500 feet with those conditions forecast from my point of view, but yourself and those "very few Air NZ Captains of the time" that wouldn't, no problems. We should all know our limitations and respect them.