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Unreliable Airspeed: Extraordinary Times And Incidents

by Spyros Georgilidakis | Dec 23, 2021 | Incidents, News

Incidents involving unreliable airspeed indications went up recently. But it’s not just due to crews being too rusty, in these strange times. A recent Dutch report into two incidents from earlier in the pandemic, help shed some light on their unique circumstances....

INCIDENT: Roller-Coaster Ride From Unreliable Airspeed

by Spyros Georgilidakis | Dec 5, 2021 | News

The crew of an Airbus A321neo faced a terrifying emergency, because of a combination of strong icing, unreliable airspeed and turbulence. The incident happened on Thursday, the 2nd of December. It involved S7 Sibir (Siberia) Airlines flight S7-5220, from Magadan Sokol...

INCIDENT: Unreliable Airspeed, Altitude For BOTH Pilots!

by Spyros Georgilidakis | Apr 28, 2021 | News

A Transavia 737 crew faced an unusual situation when both their pitot/static systems presented them with unreliable airspeed and altitude indications. If this story seems a bit familiar to you, it could be because we reported something very similar, very recently....

Unreliable Airspeed: Extraordinary Times And Incidents

INCIDENT: Roller-Coaster Ride From Unreliable Airspeed

INCIDENT: Unreliable Airspeed, Altitude For BOTH Pilots!

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