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Old 8th Jun 2009, 10:24
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Would the fitting of a rad alt to all commercial aircraft provide a last fall back device should pitot/static input be lost or corrupted
For that you can use GPS altitude. It's also mentioned in the "unreliable airspeed / ADR check" procedure in the QRH:

– GPS ALTITUDE.................................................... .....Display on MCDU
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