by National Transportation Safety Board

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by National Transportation Safety Board Korean Air Flight 801 investigation…

Require, within 10 years, that all nonprecision approaches approved for air carrier use incorporate a constant angle of descent with vertical guidance from on-board navigation systems.
9. Include, in nonprecision approach procedures, tabular information that allows pilots to fly a constant angle of descent by cross-referencing the distance from the airport and the barometric altitude.
10. Evaluate the benefits of depicting terrain and other obstacles along a specific approach path on the profile view of approach charts and require such depiction if the evaluation demonstrates the benefits.
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by National Transportation Safety Board Korean Air Flight 801 investigation…

The Korean Civil Aviation Bureau was ineffective in its oversight of Korean Air's operations and pilot training program.
34. The Federal Aviation Administration's International Aviation Safety Assessment program (which evaluates a foreign civil aviation authority's ability to provide adequate oversight for its air carrier) is not adequate to determine whether foreign air carriers operating into the United States are maintaining an adequate level of safety.
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