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Old 27th Sep 2005, 04:45
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False Capture
 
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Interesting to see Captain Airclues' rule of thumb for B747-400 drift-down.
The BAe146(RJ100) rule of thumb is to subtract aircraft weight from 63,000 (as opposed to 630,000 for the B747-400). For example a 40 ton aircraft will drift down to 23,000 ft.
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