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Old 9th Jun 2017, 06:01
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404 Titan
 
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Nope. Sector MSA for VHHH airport is 4300ft. MSA isn't referenced to VHHH. It is referenced to TD VOR which is considerably east of VHHH. I assume this aircraft was conducting the BEKOL 2B departure. Have a look it. Now it could be argued that where the turn started is outside the 25nm MSA so 4300ft doesn't apply. The chart though stipulates a warning of "must not turn before PRAWN" due terrain. PRAWN is 29nm from TD. Also if you look at the Radar Chart the turn was commence in the 4100 minimum radar vector sector. Lastly if you look at all the approach charts the MSA is referenced to CH VOR which is considerably closer to VHHH than TD and the relevant MSA is 4300ft.
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