Poor Procedures, Lack Of Weather Information Frame Lion Air Bali Crash

The captain of the Lion Air Boeing 737-800 that crashed into the ocean just short of the runway at Bali last year tried to land despite having no visual contact with the runway while well below the minimum descent altitude (MDA) for the non-precision instrument approach to the airport. A final...

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