ASA Incident Prompts NTSB Recommendation On Minimum IFR Altitudes

National Transportation Safety Board, concerned about a July 31, 1997, incident in which controllers mistakenly cleared an Atlantic Southeast aircraft to descend below a safe operating altitude, has asked FAA to ensure that controllers' minimum-altitude charts for IFR flights comply with federal...

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