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rickford66

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4. DC elevation per Google is 236 ft

Reply to bluedigger (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 14, 2025, 11:53 PM

Feb 14

If they set it to ASL, at the time of the crash their altimeter would read 236 + 300 > 536. I think another mistake could have been a wrong baro setting if the altimeters were baros. What did their radar altimeter read ? Haven't heard that.

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D.C. Crash Update: Helicopter crew may have been getting incorrect altitude readings - MSNBC Reports [View all] Rhiannon12866 Feb 14 OP

DEI altimeters? Thanks Joe Biden. dem4decades Feb 14 #1

My National Guard unit had a bad accident due to this decades ago. bluedigger Feb 14 #2

DC elevation per Google is 236 ft rickford66 Feb 14 #4

Sadly interesting. Glad they're figuring it out. elleng Feb 14 #3