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Old March 5th 09, 08:44 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Radio altimeter fault triggered Turkish Airlines crash

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On Mar 4, 11:21*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Musicrab writes:
What's the Boeing 737-800 flight manual say about what to do when left and
right hand altimeters don't match?


It surely points out that working altimeters are required for an automated
approach. *The airline flew with broken altimeters, and after tempting fate
several times, it finally caught up with them.


You are talking about standard altitude altimeters or RAs? From
reading the it appears that the concern is about the RA's not the
altimeters. No plane is going to flare as a result of a reading from a
pressure altimeter.

-Robret


Technicalities. MXS is talking about FATE - that's his explanation for the
crash. If the NTSB disagrees, it simply means they are wrong, and their staff
are dangerous pilots.