The runway-numbers drop the LAST, not the 1st, numeral,
Runway numbers are assigned based on a clockwise 360° radial, dropping the first number.
so, as the above informative-post stated, 10-degrees is runway 1,
180-degrees is runway 18, etc…
( I make mistakes like that too, so nobody blame them, ok? : )
_ /\ _
PS: black-boxes are REQUIRED by the US’s FAA ( & the EU’s equivalent, ttbomk ) to have backup-power for themselves, & I can’t remember how many minutes of backup-power they’re required to have, but it’s something like 20-minutes? 40?
For the black-box to have lost power 4-minutes before the crash…
The runway-numbers drop the LAST, not the 1st, numeral,
so, as the above informative-post stated, 10-degrees is runway 1, 180-degrees is runway 18, etc…
( I make mistakes like that too, so nobody blame them, ok? : )
_ /\ _
PS: black-boxes are REQUIRED by the US’s FAA ( & the EU’s equivalent, ttbomk ) to have backup-power for themselves, & I can’t remember how many minutes of backup-power they’re required to have, but it’s something like 20-minutes? 40?
For the black-box to have lost power 4-minutes before the crash…
Something’s VERY screwy, there…
Possible sabotage, even…
_ /\ _