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Old 24th May 2010, 21:04
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punk666
 
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Its an EU-Ops requirement to add 50ft to the MDA.

As mentioned above, you cannot decend below the MDA so when you start your go-around the aircraft will still decend around 30-40 feet before it will start to climb away...this 50 feet is a buffer.

With the DA(H) its the latest altitude you can start a go-around or I should say make the decision to go-around.

Make sure you read the plates as some NPA now use DA(H) instead of MDA.
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