Air France Flight 296Q Crashes at Airshow / Airbus Crashes in Front of Hundreds of Spectators
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Did They Know They're Lower Than They Thought?
The plane overflew therun yo, don't like they were supposed to. But clippd some trees that were located shortly at the end of the runway. About eight seconds after they arced 100 feet, the plane was at an altitude of 50 feet. And then it very slowly descended to about 30 of the 30 fi above the ground where the plane levelled off. Did they know they're they're lower than they're supposed to be right now? Well, they probably are when they hit the trees, but like a so they would have had information telling them what their altitude was. They're near the radio altimeter, ok? Should be telling them exactly how high they
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