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: Provides alerts against insufficient clearance, based upon the aircraft configuration and flight phase (takeoff, cruise, approach). Alerts include 'too low terrain', 'too low gear' and 'too low flaps'. Also protects against a gear-up landing or approach without flaps in the landing configuration. | : Provides alerts against insufficient clearance, based upon the aircraft configuration and flight phase (takeoff, cruise, approach), and independent of terrain closure rate (i.e situations that modes 1 & 2 would not alert). Alerts include 'too low terrain', 'too low gear' and 'too low flaps'. Also protects against a gear-up landing or approach without flaps in the landing configuration. | ||
;Mode 5 | ;Mode 5 | ||