Sunset for Circling?

摘要

You're at least 25 times more likely to suffer a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) crash during a circling approach than on a straight-in non-precision approach to a runway, according to Tzvetomir Blajev, chairman of the Flight Safety Foundation's (FSF) European Advisory Committee. Add vertical guidance to a straight-in procedure aligned with the runway and the safety factor is boosted another eight times.