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Old 6th Apr 2024, 17:34
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212man
 
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Originally Posted by Lake1952
It did descend to within 70 feet of the tower elevation, and it wasn't far from directly overflying the tower. There is no minimizing this event...like the close call runway incursions of a year ago, another narrowly missed disaster!
Every aircraft that lands goes 200’ below the tower elevation. Context is everything…..

But it is a very disturbing and curious event. The wx wasn’t even that bad - visibility was 6,000’ which is a nautical mile, so it’s not even an RVR!
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