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Descent below MDA - runway environment
Carello
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Carello created the topic: Descent below MDA - runway environment
Hi Bob
Page 240 of the eText state that descent below the MDA is allowed if visual contact with the runway (runway environment - my interpretation) can be maintained. The runway environment is defined in part "c" below
Refering to the AIP ENR 1.5 p1.7.6 the definition of the runway environment has been redefined - see part "c" below. Note that there is no reference to "other markings at the approach end of the runway", just "other markings identifiable with the runway". AIP ENR 1.5 p1.7.3 and p 1.10 also redefine the runway environment in an identical manner.
With the above in mind, why would anyone descend below the MDA if the approach end of the runway was obscured - there would be no VASI, no HIAL?
The new definition of runway environment does not make a lot of sense ... or does it?
