Wrong camera translation prior starting a flight at airport below sea level (MSL)

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue: video goes down right above the ground at a different location where the aircraft is and then go back to a normal position close from the aircraft.

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)? always

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

  1. select an airport below sea level, C&D or on the runway
  2. click “Start flight”
  3. observe the camera movement

YOUR SETTINGS

If the issue still occurs with no mods and add-ons, please continue to report your issue. If not, please move this post to the User Support Hub.

What peripherals are you using:

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it? no

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use? RTX 2060

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?

MEDIA

Selecting a runway as departure KBWC (-132 ft)

Selecting a parking spot as departure KBWC (-132 ft)

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Confirming this issue also occurs for me at EHAM.
The aircraft spawns at the correct position, but the camera translation is incorrect for the first few seconds when starting a flight at an airport below sea level.

Here is my video showing the behaviour:
Microsoft OneDrive

All airports above sea level (EGLL / EDDF / KJFK / KLAX) behave normally, so this matches the known below‑MSL camera issue .