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In aviation, an instrument approach or instrument approachprocedure (IAP) is a series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft under instrument flight conditions from the beginning of the initial approach to a landing or to a point from which a landing may be made visually.

Austrian Airlines - Fokker - F70 (OE-LFO) flight OS111

Austrian Airlines – Fokker – F70 (OE-LFO) flight OS111

Austrian Airlines flight OS111 : on 5 January 2004 at 07:27 hrs 1 a Fokker 70 certificated in Austria departed…

Brit Air - Canadair - CL600-2B19 (F-GRJS) flight AF5672

Brit Air – Canadair – CL600-2B19 (F-GRJS) flight AF5672

Brit Air flight AF5672 was on an ILS approach to runway 26 Left at Brest Guipavas aerodrome : the aeroplane deviated progressively…

SI FLY – ATR42 (F-OHFV) flight KSV 3275

SI FLY flight KSV3275 , an ATR 42-300 registered F-OHFV crashed on 12 November 1999 at 8 h 11and was operated by…

Channel Express (Air Services) – Fokker – F27-600 (G-CHNL)

Channel Express (Air Services) Fokker F27, registered G-CHNL crashed during approach in Guernsey airport. The accident was notified to the…

KOREAN AIR - BOEING - B747 (HL-7468) flight no. KL801

KOREAN AIR – BOEING – B747 (HL-7468) flight no. KL801

Korean Air flight KL801, a Boeing 747-3B5B (747-300), Korean registration HL7468, operated by Korean Air Company, Ltd., crashed at Nimitz…

Alitalia - Mcdonnel Douglas - DC9-32 (I-ATJA) flight AZ404

Alitalia – Mcdonnel Douglas – DC9-32 (I-ATJA) flight AZ404

Alitalia flight AZ404 departed from Milan – Linate airport on the 14th November 1990 at 1836 hrs with the destination…

Delta Airlines - Lockeed - L1011 (N-726DA) flight DL191

Delta Airlines – Lockeed – L1011 (N-726DA) flight DL191

Delta Airlines flight DL191 crashed on August 2, 1985, at 1805:52 central daylight time. Delta Airlines flight DL191, a Lockheed…

TAROM – AIRBUS – A310 (YR-LCA) flight no. ROT381

The Romanian Tarom Airbus A 310 YR-LCA, coming from Bucharest as scheduled flight ROT 381, estimated its arrival time at…

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