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Old 25th Jun 2009, 14:49
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Nearly everybody posting on this thread had jumped to the conclusion that the #1 Radio Altimeter had begun indicating -8 feet only after they descended below 2000 feet on the approach. This was indeed implied from info received early on.

It has been my experience that signal leakage shows up and gives a false low altitude indication only when the aircraft is at higher altitudes with weak ground return signal. Often, the radio will "cure" itself and begin working again at low altitude, say below 300 feet.

Did they cross Flevoland about 30 minutes prior to landing, and would this have been the beginning of the un-overwritten recording?

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