An aircraft maintains FL100 while flying from a re...

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Question Number 5

An aircraft maintains FL100 while flying from a region of high surface temperature into a region of low surface temperature, with QNH unchanged. What happens to the true altitude?

True altitude decreases True altitude increases True altitude stays the same True altitude first increases then decreases

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True altitude decreases

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