ACR X MADE BELOW MIN LNDG. PLTDEV.

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ACR X ON APCH INTO BUENOS AIRES (EZESA) ARPT THE ILS GS WENT OFF THE AIR. I ASKED TWR ITS STATUS AND THEY CONFIRMED THEY HAD TURNED IT OFF. THE WX VISIBILITY HAD BEEN 1300 METERS (1500 REQUIRED FOR A NON PRECISION APCH). I TOLD THE TWR WE NEEDED 1500 RVR TO RWY 11 AND HE ASKED; WELL CAN YOU SEE IT NOW -- WHICH WE COULD AT 5 MI. I ASKED IF WE WERE NOW CLRED A VISUAL APCH WHICH THEY DID; HOWEVER; I STILL THINK THE RVR WAS BELOW VISIBILITY MINS. WE DID SEE THE RWY ON THE WAY DOWN AND MADE A VISUAL LNDG. THE FOG THAT WAS IN THE AREA WAS PATCHY AND IT APPEARED THAT A BIT OF FOG WAS AROUND THE AREA. THE TRANSMISSOMETER WOULD BE LOCATED. VISIBILITY WAS GOOD EVERYWHERE ELSE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE MADE A BELOW MINS APCH OR NOT; AS I COULD NOT GET THE VISIBILITY FROM THE TWR AND I WASN'T SURE I WANTED TO KNOW. THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THIS APCH AS FAR AS VISIBILITY. WE SAW THE RWY ALL THE WAY IN FROM 5 MI. IT'S JUST THAT IT SEEMS THOSE FOLKS WILL CLR YOU FOR ANYTHING AND TECHNICALLY; WE MAY HAVE MADE AN APCH BELOW MINS.