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Old 30th September 2010 | 11:55
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AerocatS2A
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Hi, we had this happen today. The TCAS displays the appropriate symbol without any altitude information. It treats the intruder aircraft as being at all altitudes so it'll give a "TRAFFIC" warning when the intruder is calculated to be a threat regardless of the actual height of the intruder (obviously the TCAS unit doesn't know how high the Mode A aircraft is and so acts on the worst case scenario.)

We had a TRAFFIC alert today from a Mode A helicopter 4,500" below us.
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