In Part 1, we discussed the circumstances surrounding the off-runway landing at Presque Isle, Maine. The National Transportation Safety Board conducted what is commonly known as a “field major” ...

Regarding the 'mound localizer', which is identified as a cause for intensifying the damage scale of the Jeju Air passenger plane accident at Muan International Airport, the Ministry of Land, ...

(WXYZ) — The 7 Investigators were the first to expose a dangerous landing practice at Detroit Metro Airport. For certain landings at Detroit Metro Airport, some ...

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority has replaced the Instrument Landing System, ILS at the Kotoka International Airport at an estimated cost of one million dollars. Also known as the localizer in the ...

The Transport Ministry announced Wednesday that it would remove concrete mounds blamed for worsening the severity of last month's Jeju Air disaster from all airports across Korea. Localizers, which ...

On the 22nd, the government announced plans to fully improve the berm type localizer facility identified as a cause of the damage caused by the Jeju Air passenger plane accident at Muan International ...

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (MOLIT) reiterated on Tuesday that the controversial localizer and its concrete foundation at Muan International Airport, linked to the severity of ...

The localizer had to sit on a mound as it had to sit perpendicular to the runway which was positioned on a slight decline. Aviation expert David Learmount added that at most airports the structure is ...

The December 29 passenger plane disaster at Muan Airport, along with seven other domestic airports, had localizers (azimuth facilities) installed with structures like concrete mounds that were ...

A navigational aid assisting pilots flying in and out of the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport went back into service Saturday evening after more than a month out of commission — from Oct. 8 to Nov. 12. The ...

In Part 2, we discussed the NTSB’s initial investigation into the accident at Presque Isle, Maine. An Operational Factors/Human Factors group investigated the pilots and CommutAir’s management, ...