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Jets
JetsWeather Below Minimums
Gulfstream 550. Substantial damage. No injuries.
Inbound on a charter flight from Saudi Arabia, the flight crew was cleared to conduct the instrument landing system (ILS) approach to Runway 22 at Stansted Airport in Essex, England, the night of Dec. 10, 2013. However, the weather conditions at the airport were below the published minimums for the approach. Stansted was reporting a runway visual range (RVR) of 250 m (about 850 ft) in fog and a broken ceiling at 100 ft. Minimum RVR for…
