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Old 11th Aug 2014, 01:22
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Roger that Micro, but note this photo for further thought:-



Retrieved from just below a hilltop (1,120ft), where previously a crew, flying day VMC above cloud, had confirmed their location by a geographic feature (having often flown the route), then descended into cloud. Mistakenly the locating hilltop identification was in error by 8nm ...
- and the QNH was 1013/2992.
That picture was on my office wall for many years; probably make a good screen-saver now.

Also lookup the CFIT accident at Sao Jorge (Azores) 11 Dec 1999 – misidentified an Island, turned and descended into cloud and into another island cliff face.

No Exceptions … If-then-Do.
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