On 20 October 2021, the flight crew of a Bombardier CRJ1000 making a LNAV/VNAV approach at Nantes using Baro-VNAV minima read back an incorrect QNH which was not noticed by the controller. The crew then flew the approach approximately 530 feet below the procedure vertical profile which led to the MSAW system being activated and advised to the flight. The crew response was delayed until the controller had twice repeated the correct QNH after which the error was recognised and the vertical profile corrected. The investigation noted that neither the operator’s procedures nor aircraft instruments allowed straightforward crew detection of their error.
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On 20 October 2021, the flight crew of a Bombardier CRJ1000 (F-HMLD) being operated by Air France subsidiary ‘ HOP!’ on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Lyon Saint-Exupéry to Nantes as AF33CW set an incorrect QNH before flying an RNP approach at destination in night VMC over 500 feet below the correct vertical profile. This continued until, after being advised of an MSAW activation, the crew eventually initiated correct action just above MDA and regained the correct profile 1.7nm from the runway threshold.
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