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AirBear 11-23-2022 09:00 PM

6 feet from disaster-Air France A320
 
This is about the Air France A320 @ Charles de Gaulle back in May. They read back back an altimeter setting of 1011 (29.85) when the controller said 1001 (29.56). That equals an altimeter error of 280 feet.
Based on the radio altimeter they came within six feet of hitting terrain.

https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-n...feet-disaster?

rickair7777 11-24-2022 04:11 AM

This is where common-sense airmanship comes into play... anybody with their head out of their butt knows the meter doesn't just jump 30 points from what the published ATIS said. Ask the question.

Adlerdriver 11-24-2022 05:30 PM


Originally Posted by AirBear (Post 3536828)
This is about the Air France A320 @ Charles de Gaulle back in May. They read back back an altimeter setting of 1011 (29.85) when the controller said 1001 (29.56).

The article reads that the initial error was with ATC not the AF crew. Bad setting was delivered by ATC and readback/used by the pilots.

Adlerdriver 11-24-2022 05:36 PM


Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 3536876)
This is where common-sense airmanship comes into play... anybody with their head out of their butt knows the meter doesn't just jump 30 points from what the published ATIS said. Ask the question.

Valid - with inches. 10 hPa (1001 vs 1011) may not seem quite as obvious. Why I will choose inches when some locations offer both. More precise.

B757 11-24-2022 09:21 PM


Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 3536876)
This is where common-sense airmanship comes into play... anybody with their head out of their butt knows the meter doesn't just jump 30 points from what the published ATIS said. Ask the question.

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Ever flown to CDG..??.. Reading your comment sounds like not..

Fly safe,
B-757

rickair7777 11-25-2022 02:51 AM


Originally Posted by B757 (Post 3537209)
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Ever flown to CDG..??.. Reading your comment sounds like not..

Fly safe,
B-757

No I have not. But would you ask the question? Or just fly an approach to baro mins?

HIFLYR 11-28-2022 05:49 PM

Man if they only had a instrument that reads out your radar altitude and how about checking a crossing altitude.

rickair7777 11-28-2022 05:58 PM


Originally Posted by HIFLYR (Post 3538955)
Man if they only had a instrument that reads out your radar altitude and how about checking a crossing altitude.


That can be off quite a bit depending on the terrain prior to the runway.

HIFLYR 11-28-2022 06:05 PM


Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 3538965)
That can be off quite a bit depending on the terrain prior to the runway.

not in CDG though.

rickair7777 11-29-2022 09:46 AM


Originally Posted by HIFLYR (Post 3538971)
not in CDG though.

I don't really know that about all the airports I fly to. Some yes like LAX and LAS.

The RA is there for several specific purposes. Cross-checking with baro altitude is not one of them. Do I use it for that? Yes, but only at a couple airports where I know exactly what and where to expect.


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