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I guess in some cases lowering altitude could result in flight into terrain or possibly entering airspace where collision with other aircraft would be more likely ?


Not these days, with detailed terrain maps and GPS + GPWS.

The chances of colliding with anything else would be tiny. In case of other commercial jets zero, thanks to TCAS at the least.


GPWS = ground proximity warning system

TCAS = traffic alert and collision avoidance system




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