Originally Posted by
iggy
Maybe they were doing exactly that but possibly got confused with the QFE setting (if in Russia they are still using QFE, that is) and the 600' elevation? Just wondering.
A 600' difference doesn't explain their altitude. They were at 8 miles at 400' AGL. Normal would be 2400' +/- AGL or 3000'. A 600' difference would be 2400' +/- (1800' AGL). That's nowhere near the risk of being at 400' 8 miles from the runway. The world, and horizon, looks really different at 400' AGL than it does at 2000' - 3000' AGL.