On 21 February 2007 the Irish Government announced that it would be giving ?8.5 million to the airport in capital grant money, to upgrade the runway and add approach lighting and safety enhancements.
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Runway 18L / 36R is a precision approach runway with an Instrument landing System ( ILS ), medium approach lighting system with rails, ( MALSR ) approach lights and High Intensity Runway Lights ( HIRLs ).
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At that time, Autoland had lower priority because efforts were concentrated on other projects including rapid landing of aircraft for RAF Fighter Command, visual aids for pilots, runway approach lighting and an approach aid using DME with Barbro.
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A new road into the Snowbasin ski resort, site of the downhill, was funded by dlrs 15 million from the federal government, while taxpayers also paid for upgrades to the Salt Lake International Airport, including dlrs 2.8 million for new approach lighting.
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An "'approach lighting system "', or "'ALS "', is a lighting system installed on the approach end of an airport runway and consisting of a series of lightbars, strobe lights, or a combination of the two that extends outward from the runway end.
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A new road into the Snowbasin ski resort, site of the downhill, was funded by dlrs 15 million from the federal government, while taxpayers also paid for upgrades to the Salt Lake International Airport, including dlrs 2 . 8 million for new approach lighting.
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On the second day evidence was taken from air traffic controllers who agreed that the aircraft had descended on the runway more rapidly than usual, the inquiry also heard from a pilot of an aircraft that landed before the Stratocruiser about the condition of the airfield and approach lighting.
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In return for a 20-year concession, SCA 70 percent owned by Groupe GTM and 30 percent by Muhibbah Masterron of Malaysia committed to a $ 100 million improvement program that includes the construction of a new runway, terminal and cargo buildings, hangars, installation of a Cat III level Instrument Landing System ( ILS ) and associated approach lighting.
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The crew acknowledged the call and prepared the aircraft for landing, deploying the landing gear and extending the glideslope is provided ( the airport was not equipped with an instrument landing system ) but both pilots said that they still had no visual reference to the runway or its approach lighting system because of the thick fog.
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The aircraft overran the runway, splitting into three sections upon running into a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway, with parts of it scattering onto the road; included were parts of the aircraft's interior, seat assemblies and two of the aircraft's wheels hitting the underside of the runway's approach lighting system scaffolding and impacting an automobile.
