Investigators have concluded that a Mahan Air Airbus A310-300 crew's failure to set their altimeter to local pressure led to the twinjet descending far below its cleared altitude during an approach ...

French investigation authority BEA believes the prevalence of ILS approaches has obscured an underlying vulnerability of aircraft to the risk of terrain collision arising from incorrect altimeter ...

The new sensor's altitude resolution of up to 20 cm makes it ideal for use in altimeters and variometers. Measuring only 6.4 mm x 4.0 mm x 2.75 mm, the MS5806 easily fits in space-constrained devices ...

The thing is, all altimeters work off barometric pressure. That’s how the gadgets know you’re going up or down changing air pressure as you ascend or descend pushes in or pulls out a tiny membrane ...