May 24, 2011

Air France 447 Black Boxes Indicate Pilot Error
The pilots forgot to open the window, climb out, and use a toothbrush to clear the ice from the faulty airspeed indicators. Icing on the "pitot tubes" had caused 32 prior instances of faulty airspeed readings. More at USA Today. [rdbrewer]

Posted by rdbrewer at May 24, 2011 12:43 PM
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