Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) is preparing safety recommendations on Antonov An-148 pitot tubes aimed at preventing future accidents similar to the Feb. 11 Saratov Airlines crash near ...
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Investigators believe a Boeing 757-200 crew's struggle to establish stable flight after a pitot tube blockage could have been avoided if the pilots had aborted take-off at low speed rather than opt to ...
Sentera, the industry-leading provider of ag analytics, today announced that it has been awarded a patent for its innovative pitot tube assembly, which is used on its fixed-wing drone, the PHX. Pitot ...
A malfunction in the pitot-static system of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 is likely to have led to a “technical issue” which saw the aircraft pitch up and subsequently lose altitude. In a ...
The first sign of trouble was a glitch that appeared in the air speed sensors. Inside the sleek cockpit of Air France 447, according to French aviation experts, the crew would within minutes be ...
Brand new Formula 1 cars roll out on track for the first time every year for winter testing. As onlookers attempt to gauge the field's pecking order at the start of the season, the teams fit their ...
It's frightening if not ironic to think an invention from the early 1700s could have triggered a chain of events that brought down Air France Flight 447. Pitot tubes that today measure airspeed were ...
PARIS — The first sign of trouble was a glitch that appeared in the air speed sensors. Inside the sleek cockpit of Air France 447, according to French aviation experts, the crew would within minutes ...
The thin metre-long tube protruding from the nose of every aircraft would be a thing of the past once the Photonic-based system is commercialised. The air pressure measurement device – Pitot-static ...
LOS ANGELES AND PARIS — The first sign of trouble was a glitch that appeared in the air speed sensors. Inside the sleek cockpit of Air France Flight 447, according to aviation experts, the crew would ...
LOS ANGELES AND PARIS — The first sign of trouble was a glitch that appeared in the air speed sensors. Inside the sleek cockpit of Air France Flight 447, according to aviation experts, the crew would ...