Abbreviations
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Aircraft Accident Report
| SIGMET | Significant Meteorological Information |
| SOF | supervisor of flying |
| SOP | standard operating procedure |
| STAR | standard terminal arrivals |
| STARS | Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System |
| TACAN | tactical air control and navigation |
| TAESA | Transportes Aereos Ejecutivos, S.A. |
| TAF | terminal aerodrome forecast |
| TAWS | terrain awareness and warning system |
| TCAS | traffic alert and collision avoidance system |
| TERPS | Terminal Instrument Procedures |
| TOD | top of descent |
| TRACON | terminal radar approach control |
| TSA | time since awakening |
| TSO | technical standard order |
| UTC | coordinated universal time |
| VASI | visual approach slope indicator |
| VFR | visual flight rules |
| VHF | very high frequency |
| VMC | visual meteorological conditions |
| VNAV | vertical navigation |
| VOR | very high frequency omnidirectional radio range |
| WSR-88D | Weather Surveillance Radar-1988, Doppler |
