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Airbus crash: can a triple-redundant system give false readings?

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| 30/06/2009

...conflicting information about their air speed. After two Boeing 757s went...conflicting information about their air speed because of blocked pitot-static...receive conflicting information on air speed and possibly height as well, if... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2009/06/in-articles-earlier-this-month.html

"You're flying too fast and too slow" - what to do? (Tony Collins's IT Projects Blog)

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| www.computerweekly.com
| 16/06/2009

...investigations found that the external pitot tubes which feed air speed information to the onboard systems were blocked. ...pitot tubes after crash - Guardian Airbus warning on air speed | More Tags: air crashes learning lessons... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2009/06/youre-flying-too-fast-and-too.html

What Air France Airbus crash says about Chinook ZD 576

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| www.computerweekly.com
| 07/07/2009

...lost. The messages, according to the investigators, show that the pilots were getting conflicting information on their air speed, possibly because blocked pitot tubes. The BEA says that the pitot tubes are a suspected factor in the chain of events... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2009/07/what-the-air-france-airbus-cra.html

Crash One: Birgenair Flight 301

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| www.computerweekly.com
| 12/06/2009

...investigators had learned that the air speed indicator failed to work at first...pitot tubes was blocked. Yet the air speed indicator appeared to work because...Inside the cockpit this caused the air speed indicator to deflect. Even though... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/17/236425/Crash-One-Birgenair-Flight-301.htm

Air France Airbus crash: its last few minutes?

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| 15/06/2009

...Data to the onboard computers about air speed came from sensors called pitot tubes...have suggested that inconsistent air speed readings are not dangerous. France...and static ports which feed data on air speed to the onboard systems which display... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236424/Air-France-Airbus-crash-its-last-few-minutes.htm

Crash Two: Aeroperú Flight 603

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| 12/06/2009

...conflicting information about their air speed and altitude. Again, the pilots...is flying too fast. Then the air speed indicators seemed faulty. Confused...instruments. No altimeter. No [air speed indicator]. We declare an emergency... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236431/Crash-Two-Aeroper250-Flight-603.htm

Air France Airbus crash: system pitot sensors a factor

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| 02/07/2009

...Defective sensors which fed information on air speed to onboard systems were one possible...systems which received information on air speed from the aircraft's pitot tubes...pitot sensors onboard systems air speed pilots system pitot data... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/02/236750/Air-France-Airbus-crash-system-pitot-sensors-a-factor.htm

Airbus crash: focus turns to electronic systems

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| 18/06/2009

...there might have been a problem with the aircraft's Pitot sensors. The Pitot-static system feeds information on air speed to the onboard computers which control the pilot's displays. Shortly before two Boeing 757 passenger jets crashed... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236500/Airbus-crash-focus-turns-to-electronic-systems.htm

Airbus crash: interim statement tomorrow

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| 01/07/2009

...grounded". French officials have already indicated that blocked pitot tubes might have fed unreliable information on air speed to the onboard systems which could have given the pilots conflicting information and warnings in the minutes before the... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236734/airbus-crash-interim-statement-tomorrow.htm

Air France Airbus pitot sensor linked to two fatal crashes

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| www.computerweekly.com
| 16/06/2009

...plane's computerised systems to misfire". By measuring air pressure, pitot tubes help the onboard systems calculate air speed. >> Read more: Air France Airbus crash: its last few minutes? After the Air France crash, Air France and Toulouse... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/16/236447/Air-France-Airbus-pitot-sensor-linked-to-two-fatal-crashes.htm

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Jet pack adventurers attempt air-speed world record

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| 15/05/2009

... Jet pack adventurers attempt air-speed world record by Dave Rosenberg...recently made an attempt on a world air-speed record. Pilot Eric Scott hit a... Jet pack adventurers attempt air-speed world record Supercloud looms... http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10241767-62.html

Air France AF 447: Airbus A330 computer blamed - Computerworld Blogs

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Wind energy market: breaking in isn't easy

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| 17/06/2009

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| 01/05/2009

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Revolutionizing Wireless LAN Deployment Economics with the Meru Networks Radio Switch

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...channels.3 The second factor that complicates designing a high density wireless LAN network is the fact that over-the-air speed decreases as distance from the access point increases. That is, the highest data rates (11 Mbps or 54 Mbps) are only... http://www.findwhitepapers.com/whitepaper248/

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