FAA investigating Southwest flight that came within 400 feet of crashing into the ocean | CNN
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A federal investigation is underway after a Southwest Airlines flight plunged toward the ocean off a Hawaiian osland.
    • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      Well considering this event took place in FAA controlled airspace using the official and standard units of altitude for flight characteristics, I'm not sure how to help you.

      I guess 400feet = 8.1498E-10au if that helps?

      • delirious_owl@discuss.online
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        5 months ago

        All US federal contracts are required by federal law to use metric. This is an issue of the media using stupid units for their audience

        • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
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          5 months ago

          https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/atc_html/chap4_section_5.html

          Methinks you don't know what you are talking about. The FAA operates in feet. All domestic flights in the US are separated by flight levels specified in feet. If you get your pilots license in America, everything about it from runway length, controlled flight altitudes, wing spans, etc, will be in feet.

          For another example, just let me know how many metric units are used here: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/atc_html/chap3_section_10.html