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The Minimum Safe Altitude Warning System at the Airport
Air traffic control authority for this airport has a system called the minimum safe altitude warning system. Low altitude warnings may be displayed on the radar scope even when an aircraft flies normally below 800 feet in the vicinity of the airport. There was no indication there was any malfunction with the radar m s a w or other equipment that would have prevented the low altitude warnings from being displayed at all.
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