Terrain Considerations News Today

Laymen. what is the captain, the flight crew, considering if they are in this emergency situation and you are over the french alps. what are you looking for? >> well, the first job is to get the airplane to an altitude. a trick in the alps is the terrain is high. you try to descend to a lower altitude to breathe better but you have terrain considerations as well. you can descend but not too low or youll have a terrain issue. so that could be the problem. once you have the airplane under control ...