UK Mercy Flight Citation crash today at Birmingham UK . . .

[bizjets101]

Both persons on board transported to local hospital, and organ being transported 'rescued' and being transplanted today (Liver).

The Citation a 501SP Stallion (Williams FJ-44 engines) hit the instrument landing system glide path antennae (ILS) and had come to rest about 130m (426ft) to the right hand side of the southerly-facing runway. Aircraft was landing in heavy fog.

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Aviation Safety Network report on today's crash.

[looproll]

jeez when I first breezed over your post I thought the crew had bit the biscuit and were having their organs transplanted! Glad they made it. Looks like it was pretty foggy. Not saying this is what happened, but I wonder what it would be like to let an autopilot fly a plane into the ground on an ILS??

[bizjets101]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgeT-F9-1KI Autoland Zurich

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[looproll]

what I meant was "a cat 1 ILS"

don't know of too many Citations of this type that can autoland