Flying

Chart Wise: New Orleans VOR DME 36L (KNEW)

The Lakefront Airport (KNEW) VOR DME Runway 36L approach is more complex than it initially appears, heavily relying on DME for navigation, step-downs, and fix identification. DME is explicitly ...
Flying

Chart Wise: Mackinac Island VOR/DME-A

Mackinac Island Airport (KMCD) is a popular General Aviation destination where instrument approaches are frequently needed due to common cloud development from surrounding lakes. The VOR/DME-A ...
Flightglobal

Navaid confusion and CRM failure led to Mahan Air A310’s low approach

Investigators have found that a Mahan Air crew's incorrect interpretation of navigation data, reinforced by poor cockpit communication, led an Airbus A310-300 to descend to an extremely low altitude ...
Aviation Week

Swiss Authorities

Switzerland's civil aviation authorities are trying to determine why a Crossair Avro RJ went down near Zurich-Kloten during a nighttime VOR-DME approach. Twenty-four of 33 passengers and crewmembers ...
Flightglobal

Close call shows GPS need - CAA

Authority reacts to incident in which British Mediterranean Airways flight to Addis Ababa avoided ridge by 50ft After a serious incident in which a British Mediterranean Airways Airbus A320 missed a ...