Pilots in China Training to Land in Smog

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Joanne Chiu, Pilots in China Training to Land in Smog. China Real Time, Dec 13, 2013.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealti ... ng-to-land-in-smog/

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"Depending on weather conditions and runway infrastructure, modern jetliners have sophisticated instruments to help them land in little or no visibility, such as foggy conditions. Pilots, though, need additional certification to perform such approaches, which usually don’t compromise safety. Airlines have varying rules on minimum visibility levels acceptable for landing, though low-visibility landings are frequently done by major airlines in the West.

"The special certification for pilots to make low-visibility landings, a common international requirement, applies to situations where visibility drops to 350 meters or less.

"Chinese airline pilots, however, say regulators in the past have discouraged them from making low-visibility landings because they were considered more risky