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minimum safe altitude
- Definição1
- The altitude below which it is hazardous to fly owing to the presence of high ground or other obstacles.
- Fonte1
- MULTILINGUAL aeronautical dictionary, or, dictionary aeronautique multilingue: english, french, spanish, dutch, greek, italian,portuguese, turkish. London, England: Technical Editing and reproduction Ltd, 1980. xx, 876 p. ISBN 92835016667
- Definição2
- a. The minimum altitude specified in 14 CFR Part 91 for various aircraft operations. b. Altitudes depicted on approach charts which provide at least 1,000 feet of obstacle clearance for emergency use within a specified distance from the navigation facility upon which a procedure is predicated.
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Air traffic management. 15th ed. Montreal, 2007. (Doc. 4444- ATM/ 501)
- Nota Adicional1
- Acronym in English: MSA.
- Contexto
- When the level of an aircraft is detected or predicted to be less than the applicable minimum safe altitude, an acoustic and visual warning will be generated to the controller within whose jurisdiction area the aircraft is operating.
- Subárea
- Air Navigation
- Français
- altitude minimale de sécurité