Preflight inspections have to cover a lot of bases, but there is one class of accidents that illustrate how some pilots apparently dont conduct even the most superficial of walk-arounds. A study of ...

The crew of a Sharp Airlines Fairchild SA227 freighter departed Townsville in darkness and rain without removing pitot tube covers, leading to erroneous airspeed readings during the 10 February flight ...

An Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation into an airspeed indication failure during the take-off of a Malaysia Airlines A330-300 has led to several safety changes. An Australian ...

You might have noticed that some fighter jets have a needle-like object on its nose, but what is it and how does it affect ...

Failure to remove pitot tube covers before flight has been the cause of several incidents in recent years, according to a Safety Advisory Notice published by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau ...

SINGAPORE: A Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane that was about to leave Brisbane for Singapore was found to have its pitot probes – devices used to collect airspeed data – still covered minutes prior to ...

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has launched an ­investigation into flight MH134, after its airspeed indicators failed on take-off late last Wednesday night. The A330-200, with 226 people on ...

DeGroff Aviation Technologies is demonstrating the PitotShield V2 at its booth at NBAA-BACE. DeGroff Aviation Technologies' PitotShield V2 consists of a self-ejecting polypropene cover with an ...

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A Civil Aviation Safety Authority airworthiness bulletin about wasp nest infestation has revealed the insects can build a nest capable of blocking a Pitot tube within just 20-minutes. A previous ...