AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands — A common malfunction with Boeing radio altimeters, compounded by several errors by pilots, led to last year’s fatal crash by a Turkish Airlines plane as it dropped short ...
LYON—French air accident investigation bureau BEA has released its final report on a ground proximity event involving an AirHub Airlines-operated Airbus A320 at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in May ...
A U.S. Army Black Hawk was actually 278 feet above the Potomac River when its altimeter indicated 200 feet shortly before the ...
EASA has published a safety information bulletin alerting Boeing 737 operators of an “erroneous low range radio altimeter (LRRA) indication” that has been… EASA has published a safety information ...
Mechanical altimeters, despite their ingenuity, are susceptible to various inherent errors (e.g., mechanical, hysteresis, installation/position) and environmental inaccuracies caused by changes in ...
A 1995 MD-83 incident at Bradley Field, where the aircraft struck trees during an instrument approach, underscored the dangers of incorrect or outdated altimeter settings (QFE and non-current QNH), ...
The head of the Dutch Safety Authority has announced that last week’s Turkish Airlines plane crash in Amsterdam may have been caused by a faulty altimeter. Dutch authorities have made an announcement ...
Investigation into the Hop Bombardier CRJ1000 low-approach incident at Nantes in October 2021 has exposed vulnerabilities in crucial pressure-setting procedures, and potential difficulties in ...
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A faulty altimeter and pilot error led to the Turkish Airlines crash at Amsterdam last year, Dutch investigators said on Thursday, urging the ...