CNN Erin Burnett OutFront January 19, 2022 00:42:00
Disrupt radar altimeters -- instruments that bounce a radio d beam at the ground to give a hyperaccurate reading of height. pilots call the system essential when they need it most, in poor weather when it's hard to see the runway. >> this one instrument if it gets bad data, sends it to a collection of other systems, flight krols, auto notless, stick shake, i could go on and on. each of those, if they get bad information in, they are going to do bad things. >> reporter: in this simulator of a regional airliner, i saw what happened when a radar al tim ter fails. automatic warnings could stop and...
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