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Old 23rd Sep 2004, 11:09
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Kaptin M
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The most recent near CFIT (controlled flight into terrain) that I can recall, was in the very early 1990's, when 1 (and possibly 2) Ansett A320, crewed by a non-Australian, was making a DME arrival into Cairns from the south.

It was only an alert ATC'er who observed on radar (that the AFAP had been pushing for, for years prior) that the Airbus had descended WELL below the lowest altitude permitted, and advised the crew to climb.

You were wrong with the facts yet again, Dick!
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