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Originally Posted by capdagde
Does anyone know if Phuket airport has ILS? My mate who is a BA pilot says a plane lands itself - I always get over my fear of flying by thinking about that - thinking about the traffic at Phuket airport it certainly should have ILS.
And of course, condolences again....
AC
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An ILs does not land the aircraft. Basically it gives the pilots guidance. I was in the cockbit of an Ansett B767 coming into Perth one clear night and they were practising an Instrument Landing, they had pillows in front of the windows in the cockpit. When the check captain removed the pillows we were substantially off course and they had to do some pretty severe corrections to get it back on course. Real white knuckle stuff.
There are automatic landing systems but I don't know if they have one at Phuket