Originally Posted by
lyron
In the audio, you hear the pilot or copilot:
"We've lost all our instruments right now, and we're going to need just a PAR"
I only know PAR as precision approach radar, but this wouldn't this require functioning instrumentation on the A320, or are they referring to guidance from ATC? Or is PAR something else? Something something runway?
Thanks -
- Bill
A PAR approach utilizes ATC precision radar to monitor the aircraft's progress on the approach. The controller verbally provides instructions to the pilot so basically the controller is shooting the approach and the pilot is just a middleman. All you need are basic instruments and a VHF radio, no onboard nav gear required.
That's not to say it would be easy (unless you were ex-military and had a lot of practice...)