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...investigators discovered that the onboard systems had given the pilots conflicting information about their air speed because of blocked pitot-static systems. Continue reading "Airbus crash: can a triple-redundant system give false readings?" ยป ... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/
...conflicting information about their air speed because of blocked pitot-static systems. In both 757 accidents, the...Airsafe] That said, the effect of covered, or blocked, pitot system sensors - be they pitot tubes or pitot static... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2009/06/in-articles-earlier-this-month.html
...the sea in 1996 after the pilots became confused by contradictory information and warnings. In those accidents, blocked pitot system sensors caused the in-flight systems to go haywire, telling the pilots they were flying too fast and too... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/02/236750/Air-France-Airbus-crash-system-pitot-sensors-a-factor.htm
...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 but not the cause which... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2009/07/what-the-air-france-airbus-cra.html
...defective system and the aircraft is unsafe then it should be 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... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236734/airbus-crash-interim-statement-tomorrow.htm
...taken its information from the blocked pitot tube. When the auto-pilot reached...stories because, apart from the blocked pitot tubes and the inconsistent data...two Boeing 757s crashed, with blocked pitot tubes - ComputerWeekly.com ... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2009/06/youre-flying-too-fast-and-too.html
...crashed Air France Airbus Flight 447 have said that blocked pitot sensors might have been a factor in the accident, which...at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said blocked pitot tubes can "give false readings that might lead the... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/16/236447/air-france-airbus-pitot-sensor-linked-to-two-fatal-crashes.htm
...highlighted two fatal air accidents more than decade ago in which conflicting speed readings from onboard systems and blocked pitot sensors confused pilots in the final minutes of flight. Investigators of the loss of the Air France Airbus, Flight... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/18/236500/airbus-crash-focus-turns-to-electronic-systems.htm
...in the sea off Brazil say that blocked Pitot tubes could have been a factor...losses of Flights 301 and 603, the blocked Pitot tubes were important factors...were faced, unknowingly, with blocked pitot tubes. The information is... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/15/236424/air-france-airbus-crash-its-last-few-minutes.htm
...good flying order except for a blocked pitot tube which caused multiple problems...from only one main source: the blocked pitot tube. Acting on faulty information...airline pilots must include a blocked pitot tube scenario. Boeing modified... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/12/236425/crash-one-birgenair-flight-301.htm
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