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  • n  the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
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  • Flight Simulator Shows SFO Landing System Not Likely Factor In Crash
    Eric Medina, an instructor at California Airways Flight School in Hayward, utilized a flight simulator to recreate for KPIX 5 what the landing looked like on SFO's runway 28-L without using the glide slope.
    July 9, 2013 - CBS San Francisco
  • Pilots Say Glide Slope Not Necessary For Safe Landing
    There has been a lot of talk in the San Francisco crash about the glide slope system.
    July 8, 2013 - WUSA 9 Washington, D.C.
  • SFO 'glide slope' inoperable during Saturday's crash
    A system that helps pilots land at San Francisco International Airport has been disabled since June, but veteran SFO-based pilots said Sunday the lack of a "glide slope" probably was not a major factor in the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 that killed two teen-age girls and injured dozens of other passengers.
    July 8, 2013 - The Milpitas Post

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