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...and possibly height as well, if a static port is blocked. Blockages in the pitot static system can cause air speed readings to be unreliable and the altimeter (height) to freeze at a constant value. Ryan says in his email: "While... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2009/06/in-articles-earlier-this-month.html

...on 1 June have cited incorrect speed readings and electronic failures as they...decade ago in which conflicting speed readings from onboard systems and blocked...Arslanian confirmed that incoherent speed readings were reported first in a series... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/18/236500/airbus-crash-focus-turns-to-electronic-systems.htm

...not the only factor in the accident. "We can say that the pitot is strongly suspected of causing the incoherent speed readings. It is one of the factors but not the only one. It is an element, not the cause," Bouillard told The Times... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/02/236750/Air-France-Airbus-crash-system-pitot-sensors-a-factor.htm

... Boeing modified planes so that pilots could easily choose which pitot tube the autopilot was choosing for air speed readings. The Pitot tubes were never recovered so what blocked them is not known for certain. But investigators believed... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/12/236425/crash-one-birgenair-flight-301.htm

...pitot tubes, at least one of which was due for replacement. French authorities have suggested that inconsistent air speed readings are not dangerous. France’s chief crash investigator told journalists at a briefing near Paris that the failure... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236424/Air-France-Airbus-crash-its-last-few-minutes.htm

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...took to drain the battery. I then compared it to running the battery down using the notebook's Wi-Fi radio. All speed readings -- connection time, the Alken speed tests and page loading times -- were repeated five times and averaged. ... http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9083559&source=rss_news50