Weak procedures contributed to Dash 8 crew’s forgetting to set altimeter before terrain alert

By David Kaminski-Morrow2025-09-26T11:28:00

Dash 8 LN-WIP-c-SHK via Jan Lennart Gulbrandsen

Source: SHK/Jan Lennart Gulbrandsen

Norwegian investigators have determined that weak altimeter procedures resulted in a Wideroe De Havilland Dash 8-300 crew’s forgetting to set and check the correct QNH pressure during an approach to Svolvaer airport.

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