See Supplementary Methods for further description. For each TG, we identify multiple altimeter passes followed by multiple offshore CPs per pass, each separated by 20 km along the nominal ground ...

The ALT-8000, reportedly the world’s first RF-based portable radio altimeter flightline test set, is a lightweight universal test set for 4.3-GHz frequency modulated continuous carrier wave ...

But BEA found the pilots had set the altimeter reference to 1011mb instead of 1001mb, after being given an incorrect QNH pressure reading by an air traffic controller. This resulted in the jet’s ...

"We are focussing the investigation on the malfunctioning radio altimeter and its consequences. Whether there could have been a different reaction will take more time to find out,“ Van ...

Investigators claim a mis-set altimeter combined with heavy fog led to the fatal crash of a Let L-410 turboprop during an attempt to land at Yirol in South Sudan. Investigators claim a mis-set ...