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    CareFlite Crashes in Eastland En Route to Pick Up Patient


    What: CareFlite Agusta 109 medical helicopter
    Where: County Road 309 Eastland, Texas
    When: Oct 1, 2012
    Who: three injured
    Why: A CareFlite medical helicopter crashed in Texas, injuring pilot Scott Wallace, 58, of Fort Worth; medic Teresa Campbell, 53, of Granbury, and Rhett Drahen, 34, of Frisco. The injuries were minor to moderate. All three were conscious and talking after the crash. The crash site was six miles from Eastland Municipal Airport where the injured patient was waiting.

    The pilot was en route to pick up a patient but needed to divert to another airport due to weather. The helicopter crashed three miles south of Eastland.

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    Plane Landing During Storm Hydroplanes Across Street Into Woods


    What: Rgd. Dewberry Air LLC Beechcraft 400 en route from Charleston to Macon
    Where: Macon GA
    When: Sept 18 2012 10:05
    Who: 3 aboard
    Why: The Beechcraft hydroplaned while landing during a downpour at Herbert Smart Airport, overran the runway, went over an embankment, crossed Oculgee East Blvd and stopped in the trees thirty yards from the runway. The businessman and quarterback who were aboard the plane were not hurt. They had flown in on a business trip on the Dewberry Air Corporation Jet, on a plane registered in Dover Delaware.

    The pilot was pinned in the plane and had to be cut out was not seriously injured.

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    Pia Emergency Landing


    What: Pakistan International Airlines ATR-42-500 en route from Islamabad to Lahore
    Where: Lahore
    When: August 31, 2012
    Who: 46 aboard
    Why: While landing in Lahore in heavy rain, the plane’s right main gear collapsed, and the plane ran off the runway.

    There were no injuries but the plane was damaged. Pia reported that the main gear collapsed and denied earlier reports of injury. No one was hospitalized.

    Passengers disembarked via stairs on the runway shoulder and were provided transportation to the gate.

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    Utah Compassion Flight Crashes, 2 fatalities

    What: Aero Med LLC AMD CH2000 Alarus
    Where: Nephi Utah
    When: August 30, 2012, 4 p.m.
    Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
    Why: Returning to Nephi Municipal Airport, the plan crashed on approach at 4 p.m.. The two aboard died on impact. The impact area was in the area of highway 132. Weather may have been involved, as it was storming at the time. After impact, there was a fire.

    The fatalities were identified as Robert Marion Lamb, 45, of Utah County and Peter John Mrowiec, 58, of Ontario, Canada. Either one could have been flying.

    Robert Lamb, a flight instructor, had been aboard while Peter Morwiec was trying to earn five hours of flight training to fly the plane home. Mrowiec was intending to purchase the plane.

    According to Lamb’s wife who asked why he was going, since he wasn’t getting paid and didn’t know [Mrowiec]. he said, “If I was stranded and couldn’t get home, I would hope someone would help me.”

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    United Airlines Tuesday Glitch, Wednesday Weather

    According to Los Angeles flight crew, United’s system went down nationwide on Tuesday.

    Take-offs were delayed, and passengers were delayed at airports. 200 flights were delayed during the 2 1/2 hour outage. On Twitter, passengers complained Tuesday of long lines and other dissatisfaction and issues. Today, the United website is back, with a Weather Summary headline about Hurricane Isaac.

    “South – The core of Isaac’s impacts occur from the lower Mississippi Valley to southwestern Alabama and a very small portion of the western Florida Panhandle. Heavy rain and fresh water flooding are likely from Louisiana to western Alabama. Additional rainfall totals of 2 to 10 inches with high spots near 15 inches are likely through tonight. Sustained winds of 25 to 55 mph with gusts to hurricane force are possible across eastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi through this afternoon. A gradual slackening of the wind is expected tonight as Isaac continues to weaken slowly. Persistent onshore flow throughout eastern Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southern Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle keeps the storm surge high today. The water rise in eastern Louisiana, including Lake Pontchartrain should continue to be 3 to 10 feet today. Slow recession of the storm surge begins later today and tonight as Isaac pushes farther inland. The tornado threat is highest in eastern Louisiana, southern Mississippi and southwest Alabama. Other shower and thunderstorm activity caused by the combination of Isaac’s moisture and a weakening cold front is expected across the Southeast. Occasional showers and thundershowers are still possible in Florida.

    Northeast – It will be mainly sunny and dry for most areas today. More cloudiness and a stray shower or thunderstorm is expected in southern sections of Virginia. Temperatures will be close to late August averages today. High temperatures reach the 60s and 70s in New York and New England. Slightly warmer temperatures with highs in the 70s and 80s from Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the Virginias.

    Midwest – The majority of the region will be dry, sunny, and hot today. There is a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm across the western Dakotas late this afternoon or early this evening. Temperatures run up to 25 degrees above average across the Plains and Mississippi Valley. A few areas of South Dakota and Nebraska could reach 110 degrees this afternoon.

    West – Dry conditions dominate most of the region again today. Scattered thunderstorms are most likely in the Four Corners states and southern Wyoming. Stray thunderstorms are possible in southern Arizona and southeastern California. Stray showers could move through western Washington.”

    SRC: http://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps/travel/weather/todaysOperations.aspx

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    Solemont Crash May be Lightning Strike, 4 Swiss Killed

    What: Happy Lines Pilatus PC-12/45 en route from Antwerp to Switzerland
    Where: Solemont, France
    When: August 24, 2012
    Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
    Why: Eye witnesses say that the Pilatus was en route Friday night when it was struck by lightning. Forty minutes after the plane had sent out a distress call, emergency services found the wreck. Debris from the plane is scattered over a wide area.

    Those on the plane included the pilot, aged 57, a woman passenger aged 20, and two men aged 36 and 51. All the remains have not been found and identified, although family members have been informed.

    The accident is under investigation, and no specific cause has been released. Heavy rain was falling at the time of the crash, and there was low visibility. The four aboard the plane were from Switzerland. Late Friday, the Minister of Economy and Finance and managing director of the city of Montbéliard, Pierre Moscovici, expressed his “emotion” and “deep sympathy” towards victims.

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    Isaac Weather Alert

    From the National Weather Service:
    Tropical Storm Isaac is currently just off the coast of northeastern Cuba, moving toward the northwest at 20 mph. Maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph and strengthening is forecast over the next 48 hours, with Isaac expected to be at or near hurricane strength as it reaches the Florida Keys late Sunday. Hurricane & Tropical Storm Watches and Warnings are in effect for much of the Florida coast.

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    Final Report on Helicopter Crash

    What: DAVCRON PTY LTD Bell 206
    Where: South Turramurra near the Canoon Rd netball courts
    When: July 20121
    Who: 2 fatalities
    Why: The pilot had picked his passenger to take him to Sydney Adventist Hospital apparently without checking weather reports which resulted in the Bell helicopter crashing in a cliff. Inclement weather and hazardous conditions in Lane Cove National Park led to the decision to call off the recovery operation on July 22, 2012, the same inclement conditions which caused the accident. Businessman Bruce Campbell, 65, and freelance pilot Colin Greenwood died in the crash at the foot of 15m cliff in Lane Cove National Park.

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    Alfa Airlines Plane Crash Kills 32

    What: Alfa Airlines Antonov 24/26 en route from Khartoum to Talodi
    Where: near Talodi
    When: August 19. 2012
    Who: 32 aboard, 32 fatalities, 6 crew, 26 occupants
    Why: Sudanese officials en route to a Muslim festival were aboard a flight that crashed into a hill near Talodi. According to some reports, the 35 year old plane crashed into a mountainside during a dust storm while on a second go-round on approach to the airport; other reports make no reference to mountains or dust and just say the crash occurred during seasonal rains.

    Talodi is a town in South Kordofan.

    Guidance and Endowments (religious affairs) Minister Ghazi al-Sadeq was killed in the crash, along with Mahjoub Abdel Raheem Toutou, state minister for youth and sports, and Eissa Daifallah, state minister for tourism, antiquities and wildlife were aboard the plane.

    Initial reports indicated there were 31 aboard but that number was increased to 32.

    The news video below says the accident occurred during the second go-round during a rain storm.

    Alfa Airlines is on the list of airlines banned within the EU. The captain who was from Russia had been flying with Alfa Airlines for five years, according to “Inquirer News” and was flying with a Sudanese co-pilot.

    See news video below

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    Medical Organ Delivery Accident, Santiago de Compostela Airport, Spain

    What: Airnor Cessna Citation 500 Porto – Asturias – Santiago de Compostela
    Where: Santiago de Compostela Airport, Spain
    When: August 2, 2012
    Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
    Why: Alexander Well, 37 year-old from Barcelona and Daniel Fernandez, a 35-year-old from Bilbao were thrown from the Cessna Citation when it crashed.

    ATC lost contact with ATC on approach to Compostela Airport.

    The crew was on a medical mission carrying organs for transplant. The airplane crashed in a forest area near the airport and his crew died on the spot. No cause of the accident has been released there are reports from local sources who say that it but could be related to poor visibility conditions.

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    Chopper down in Malaysia, 3 missing


    What: Eurocopter EC120 helicopter en route to Nanga Merit Kapit Division
    Where: Sarawak, Malaysia
    When: July 20, 2012
    Who: 4 aboard
    Why: A privately owned helicopter with four people aboard went down Sungai Teriso estuary near Sebuyau near a small coastal town in Sarawak Borneo. The German pilot, Rko Steger swam for hours to reach Kampung Tebelu, Sebuyau. Fisherman pulled him from the river estuary. Three others —two men and a woman named Peter Ato Mayau, 53, Siti Khuzaima and Henry Loh—had been aboard the helicopter and are still missing. The two engineers and the quantity surveyor aboard the helicopter and that they were flying to Nanga Merit to look at a school project.

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    Australians Killed in Alaska Crash

    What: LNP Saratoga Inc. Piper Saratoga was en route from Fort Yukon to Fairbanks
    Where: Alaska
    When: July 18, 2012 5 PM
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: A plane owned by LNP Saratoga Inc and eased to the West Valley Flying Club of Palo Alto. disappeared from radar in Alaska on July 18.

    The Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons were deployed and discovered the wreckage. Alaska State Troopers identified the 64-year-old pilot Stephen Knight and 60-year-old Gillian Knight of Queensland, Australia.

    The pilots had been engaged in filing a “pop-up” Instrument Flight Rules Plan. The cloud cover was low.

    Two other planes had been flying with the wrecked plane but each with a different route. The wreckage was located 63 kilometres north of Fairbanks.

    Visibility hampered recovery operations on Wednesday but now the remains have been recovered and sent for autopsy by the state medical examiner’s office.

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    Scary Diversion to Peoria: weather, smoke, jumping from plane


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    Contact photographer Agustin Anaya

    What: American Eagle Canadair CRJ-700 en route from Denver to Chicago
    Where: Peoria
    When: July 18, 2012
    Who: 53 passengers, 4 crew
    Why: The flight was en route when bad weather in Chicago made the pilot divert to Peoria.

    On approach, when the wheels came down, smoke came down from the cabin ceiling. The pilot made an emergency landing, and emergency vehicles were on standby.

    The video shows how passengers jumped from the plane, one by one. A single passenger injured an ankle while disembarking.

    A shuttle was provided for passengers to get to Chicago

    See video below:

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    Family Piper Lost in Miss. Storm

    What: Rgd. Flt Away LLC Piper PA-32R-300 Cherokee Lance en route from Andrews, N.C. to Oxford, Miss
    Where: Mississippi
    When: July 8 2012
    Who: 3 aboard
    Why: James Bartley Jr.; his wife, Terry Bartley; and their youngest daughter, Caroline Bartley died when their plane broke apart in the air over Mississippi. They were flying from a vacation home in North Carolina to the University of Mississippi. There was lightning reported in the vicinity when the plane crashed. The wreckage is described as burned and crumpled and may have fallen from an altitude of 8000 feet.

    Rescue teams responded on foot, four-wheelers and horseback.

    The debris field was spread over half of a mile n a field near County Road 4111 in New Site, Mississippi; the fuselage was found by a medical helicopter.

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    Bavaria: Four Germans Crash in Foggy Forest


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    Contact photographer András Mihalik
    What: Schulter Planungs- und Ausführungs- GmbH Robinson R44 Raven I en route from Augsburg to Salzburg Airport
    Where: Teisendorf, southeast Bavaria, Germany
    When: June 9, 2012
    Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
    Why: 15 km away from his destination the pilot of a Robinson R44 Raven reported that he had to perform a precautionary landing, then disappeared from radar screens when he crashed in a forested hillside 200 meters from a farm near Teisendorf, southeast Bavaria. The pilot apparently flew into an area of sudden fog. At the time of the accident, there was low visibility, and there were low hanging clouds.

    The chopper pilot had only recently finished training.

    The two men and two women aboard were German.

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    HeliCusco Sikorsky Missing in Andes, 14 aboard

    What: HeliCusco Sikorsky S-58ET en route from Mazuco to Cusco
    Where: Hualla Hualla Peru
    When: June 6 2012
    Who: 14 aboard
    Why: Two Peruvian crew members and 12 passengers (mostly Korean) went missing in a high Andes region of cloudy mountaintops in Hualla Hualla. The tourists included two Austrians and the rest were South Koreans. The passenger list was published:

    Viajaban Anto Ruiz
    Bustapson Benge Anderz
    Thois Young Hwan
    Dusek Tomas
    Kin Hoy Jun
    Wuo Sang Bae
    Kin Byungdal
    Yoo Bongdar
    Kupper Erick
    Jeon Hyo Geon
    Leen Hyung Suk
    Rim Hee Wook
    Alfredo Soberón (Pilot)
    Luis Echegoyen (Copilot)

    With snow at 4700 meters, search was impeded but was restarted friday morning. Rescue services are searching for the wreckage. The beacon has not been located. Searchers are still hoping the crew made a successful emergency landing.

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    Emirates A380 Diverts to Ottowa


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    Contact photographer Kris Mogford

    What: Emirates Airlines Airbus A380-800 en route from Dubai to Toronto
    Where: Ottowa
    When: Jun 1st 2012
    Who: 530 aboard
    Why: On approach to Toronto, the pilot entered a holding pattern due to bad weather, but on approach, was alerted to windshear, and made another precautionary go-round due to gusty conditions. They diverted to Ottowa where they made a safe landing. the plane touched down safely shortly after 5 p.m.

    The plane refueled, and made a safe landing in Toronto at Pearson after 9 pm.

    Pilots had declared (and undeclared) a fuel emergency on approach to Ottowa. After landing, the runway was inspected.

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    Cargo Flight Crashes Van

    What: Allied Air Boeing 727 en route from Lagos Nigeria to Accra
    Where: Kotoka Airport, Hajj Village, Ghana
    When: June 2, 2012 7 pm
    Who: 10 fatalities, 4 survivors
    Why: Flight DHV 111 was flying from Lagos when it touched down halfway down the runway in Accra and failed to stop at the end.


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    Contact photographer Planecatcher

    The plane overran the end of the runway, crashed through a perimeter fence, crossed Giffard Road, and slammed into a Benz van, killing 10. Four aboard the flight survived the collision.

    ATC may have advised pilots to divert to Abidjan because of the weather.

    Police, military and fire as well as the coordinator of National Disaster Management Organisation were on the scene.

    The plane was considered totaled, with wing damage, separated tail and collapsed gear. The plane reportedly was Pan Am’s last revenue flight Dec 4, 1991.

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    Canadian Helicopter Wrecks at Sleeping Beauty

    What: Bailey Helicopters Ltd.Eurocopter AS 350B2 AStar flying out of CYXJ/Fort St John General Airport
    Where: Sleeping Beauty Mountain. Terrace BC, Canada
    When: June 1, 2012
    Who: 3 aboard, 3 fatalities
    Why: At nine oclock, ATC lost contact with a training flight flown by 45-year-old Peter Bryant. Two other Bailey Helicopter employees were also aboard.

    A search and rescue team including a Canadian Armed Forces Buffalo fixed-wing aircraft and a Cormorant helicopter out of Comox were all deployed to the electronic flight tracking system location and confirmed that the Eurocopter crashed in poor weather (described as “horrible”) into Sleeping Beauty Mountain. The area was undergoing rain and snow, and considered unsafe by an avalanche technician. One rescue searcher hiked to the crash site.

    The remains have now been recovered, though it was a hazardous recovery, during which an avalanche occurred.

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    Dubai -Toronto Flight, First Ever A380 Diverts to and Lands in Ottowa


    What: Emirates airbus A380 en route from Dubai to Toronto
    Where: Ottowa
    When: June 1, 2012
    Who: 530+ passengers
    Why: After taking off from Dubai, the pilot encountered problems. In fact, pilots circled Toronto before they diverted to Ottowa, where they made a safe landing with firefighters and paramedic emergency services on standby. The plane, the first A380 ever to land at Ottawa International Airport, touched down at 5 pm.

    Pilots diverted to Ottowa because Ottawa International Airport has a 10,000-foot runway. An A380 requires at least 9,875 feet.

    According to Global Toronto, the jet nearly ran out of fuel after being rerouted due to torrential rains in Toronto.

    The flight eventually made it to Toronto at 9:00 pm.

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    Runway Overrun in Indonesia


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    Contact photographer Hon Kit

    What: Sriwijaya Boeing 737-400 en route Jakarta to Pontianak
    Where: Kalimantan
    When: June 1, 2012
    Who: 163 passengers
    Why: On landing on the ungrooved runway in Pontianak-Supadio Intl airport in “wet and windy conditions,” the plane skidded off the runway, incurring significant damages. Passengers evacuated directly on to the landing area.

    The transportation ministry told Agence France Presse that “the nosewheel is broken and the landing gear sunk into the soft soil.”

    The right wing is damaged, and the airport was closed as the situation was handled.

    According to JADEC, the weather was “WIOO 010530Z 23022KT 0600 FEW009CB BKN007 29/25 Q1008 RMK CB OVER THE FIELD”

    The NTSC is investigating.

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    Far Eastern Air Transport Runway Overrun


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    Contact photographer K.L.Yim

    What: Far Eastern Air Transport McDonnell Douglas MD-82 en route from Taipei to Makung
    Where: Makung
    When: May 16th 2012, 10:45am
    Who: 165 aboard
    Why: On landing in Making in rain and wind, the plane exceeded a stop line on the runway which was abbreviated due to construction. Minimal damage occurred to the plane but runway lights were damaged.

    Although a Taipei news report calls into question the pilot’s braking, the weather and the fact that the runway was shortened due to construction should be mentioned.

    The Aviation Safety Council has begun an investigation into the incident.

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    Piper Medical Evacuation Crash Under Investigation


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    What: 0640 UTC, a Piper PA42 Cheyenne III
    Where: Grand Case, St. Maarten
    When: May 5, 2012
    Who: Pilot and three passengers
    Why: On May 5, 2012, at 0640 UTC, a Piper PA42 Cheyenne III, French registration F-GXES, was destroyed when it crashed about four minutes after takeoff into the Atlantic Ocean, three miles from Grand Case, St. Maarten. The pilot and three passengers on board were fatally injured. The aircraft was airborne at 02:39 LT and crashed approximately five minutes later about one nautical mile off coast.

    The passengers were a doctor, nurse, and the patient, Panagiotis Vryonides of Nicosia, a sick man from the cruise ship Allure of the Seas.

    Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The foreign, non-scheduled cross-country flight was en route to Fort de France, Martinique.

    Witnesses saw the airplane explode and crash into the sea.

    The plane and remains were later found off Le Galion Beach.

    This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of France.

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    No Survivors in Bhoja Inaugural Karachi to Islamabad Flight Disaster

    Update: The investigation team formed to probe into Friday’s plane crash on Monday (April 23) visited the site and collected evidence.

    What: Bhoja Air Boeing 737-200 en route from Karachi to Islamabad
    Where: Islamabad
    When: Apr 20th 2012
    Who: 121 passengers and 6 crew
    Why: The plane (reported as #AP-BKC a 27 year old Boeing) took off from Karachi, impacted the ground 3-6 miles from Islamabad while on approach and burst into flames in a rural location(Hussain Abad village) near Chaklala Air Base. No survivors were found, and ten houses on the ground were affected. The plane lost contact with the control tower minutes before landing. There was no distress call. There are conflicting reports that the plane was on fire and was not on fire before it impacted the ground. Some reports say the plane was struck by lightning. There was a thunderstorm at the time of the accident. The fire/fireball after the crash does not appear to have engulfed the entire debris area, according to photos of the scene.


    Debris from the crash is said to cover a large muddy area. The area has not been cordoned off; reporters and others are swarming over the crash site.

    This is reported to be the first Bhorja flight on this route. The jet left at 17:00 and was due to arrive at 18:50.

    The flight data recorder has been recovered along with 110 bodies (so far.)

    The number of people listed as passengers varies from 127 to 130 aboard.

    The METAR
    OPRN 201400Z 23020KT 3000 TSRA FEW025CB SCT030 BKN100 20/16 Q1011.0/29.85
    OPRN 201300Z 23020KT 4000 TS FEW025CB SCT030 BKN100 25/15 Q1009.3/29.80

    Trans:
    METAR for Benazir Bhutto International Airport, issued on the 20th of the month at 13:00 Zulu Time. Wind from 230° at 20 knots (37 km/h). Visibility 4,000 metres (13,000 ft), thunderstorms in area. Clouds few at 2,500 feet (760 m), cumulonimbus clouds present. Broken clouds at 10,000 feet (3,000 m). Temperature 25°C, dewpoint 15°C. Altimeter setting 1009.3 hPA / 29.80 inHg