Who made this cross section diagram and how accurate is it?
I made it using the NTSB image and altitude information in the NTSB report. It includes the information from the 3 images, the altitude data at several points on the profile, which correlates very well with the 2.5 seconds at around 140 kts distance.
Aircraft images are to scale with the profile and altitude information.
PAL 115 A340 tail is 56.5' tall, and the AC ac descended to 59 feet. Where that altitude provided is measured from, I am not certain, so the profile is the best scernario at bottom of wheel.
If this is measured from a different point on the ac, then the situation becomes worse.
I have the 3D aircraft for a profile, with the fligthpath, and can do a fly thorough, like a desktop sim, but just did not want to spend the time to generate that.
