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Record 1 2015-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Safety
OBS

Aural warning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité (Transport aérien)
OBS

«whoop-whoop» : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad (Transporte aéreo)
CONT

Modo 1. Es una alarma que se dispara por [la] R/D [velocidad vertical de descenso] de la ACFT [aeronave]. Es independiente de la configuración de la aeronave. Cuando se penetra en la primera frontera del gráfico suena el aviso "sink rate" a intervalos de 1,5 segundos. Si no se rectifica, suena el segundo aviso, que es "whoop whoop, pull up". Este aviso suena hasta que no se rectifica [la] R/D [velocidad vertical de descenso].

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