NTSB Targets Misleading Pressure Altimeters

NTSB wants FAA to weed out aircraft cabin pressure altimeters that, under extreme circumstances, can display inaccurate information. The board, probing several incidents, found certain dial-type altimeters can, as pressure drops, inaccurately show a high pressure as the gauge falls below the lowest...

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