Sudden Heavy Rain Bursts On Final Approach CAT2 Autoland

Here’s an Air India A319 experiencing sudden bursts of rains from final approach till touchdown in Mumbai. Performed an ILS CAT2 Autoland. Recorded from seat 4F.
#ils #heavyrain #monsoon

[@aviator_2401]

How did you know that it was an auto land ? As a matter of fact Mumbai doesn’t have a CAT III ILS. Landing capability limited to CAT I only …

[@flyingowl]

I corrected it now. This was RWY27 which has CAT 2 capability, as for the Autoland I confirmed with the flight deck crew, one of whom is a known associate of mine.

[@aviator_2401]

@@flyingowl I checked my charts , VABB only has CAT 1 capable runways .
autolandings can be done on CAT 1 runways as well except for the fact that CAT1 ILS systems don't have a backup powersource like CAT 2 OR CAT 3 ILS systems which can be quite risky/dangerous if the airport suffers from a power failure . Autoland should never be performed on CAT 1 runways

[@flyingowl]

@@aviator_2401 aim-india.aai.aero/sites/default/files/aip_supplements/AIPS_2017_35.pdf
The CAT2 upgrade happened years ago, also shown in the updated AAI charts. As for the Autoland, many airlines allow it even if not CAT3. Anyway I’ll go with what the crew told me, peace.