Another Pitot Tube Incident


	Another Pitot Tube Incident

lakotahope

7-29-2009 6:13 AM

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pitot tubes, airbus, airspeed

lakotahope says:

Digital fly by wire has been around for decades. How long has Airbus been using these particular pitot tubes? ......Tell the pilots union to order their aircrews to put their hands out the cockpit windows to test airspeed, until these airspeed detection problems are fixed.

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