Certain dial type cabin pressure altimeters

Certain dial type cabin pressure altimeters can display dangerously misleading indications, the NTSB discovered in the course of several accident investigations. The Safety Board, in a letter to the FAA, said that at extreme low cabin pressure (high cabin altitude), some single-needle indicators can...

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