Power cable height 300m
PA Wellington The power cable hit by an Air Albatross Cessna aircraft yesterday in Tory Channel was about 300 metres above sea level at its highest point, a Civil Aviation spokesman said.
The spokesman, who asked not to be identified, said the 6mm-thick line was clearly marked on the Wellington visual terminal chart carried by all pilots using the area. There was also a redlined box on the map with the message: “Warning: Aerial power lines span height 315 feet above mean sea level at mid-point rising to 975 feet above mean sea level.”
The spokesman said regulations covering passenger aircraft flying visually required that it .be 500 ft (152 m above the highest terrain within 2000 ft (609 m of the aircraft.
The spokesman would not comment further as he said the crash was under investigation by the Inspector of Air Accidents.
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