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(10 hours ago)Zaphod58 Wrote: The issue is that the radar may have been displaying 200 feet, when they were actually higher. The radar in the tower is fairly low fidelity, so it may have read a lower altitude than the Blackhawk was actually at, which would have added another layer to "They're going to miss" mentality by the controller. They won't be able to verify until tomorrow when they can read the CSMU from the Blackhawk.
Ok honest question, wouldn't the altitude be on a gauge in the helo? Or am I completely wrong and they depend on an outside source for altitude? If it was, why did none oe the crew notice a 150-200 ft difference of where they were cleared to be?
