A320 just 6ft from terrain collision after pressure-setting error

A320 LY-FOX-c-Anna Zvereva Creative Commons

French investigators have disclosed that an Airbus A320 inbound to Paris narrowly escaped colliding with terrain short of the runway, after an incorrect pressure setting given to the pilots went undetected.

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