Aerotime
JUNE 23, 2025
A SriLankan Airlines Airbus A320 suffered multiple failures of key flight instruments during a recent flight from Colombo to Singapore but managed to make an emergency landing in Medan after declaring a mayday to air traffic controllers. Aircraft are fitted with pitot tubes to assist in providing air speed data to the pilots.
Aerotime
APRIL 3, 2025
Sperrys autopilot system became particularly popular during the 1920s and 1930s as airline transport took off and people began to travel more and further afield. Generally speaking, a commercial airliner must be equipped with an autopilot if it has a capacity of 20 passengers or greater.
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Plane and Pilot
MAY 31, 2025
Suddenly, one of the Airbus three redundant pitot tubes clogged with ice crystals. The final accident report talked about failure of the pitot tube, crew coordination and communication issues, misunderstanding of the Airbus flight control priority system, and the impact of automation surprise and startle factor upon the crew.
Pilot Institute
JULY 11, 2025
That’s the speed your airspeed indicator shows based on ram air pressure in the pitot tube. For example, an airliner might indicate only 250 knots at 35,000 feet, but its true airspeed could be over 430 knots. Commercial airliners aren’t designed for supersonic flight. Safety is also a factor.
Flying Magazine
JUNE 27, 2025
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Air Facts
MAY 5, 2025
A few minutes later, we heard the center controller clear a Trans Missouri Airlines commuter plane for the VOR Runway 30 approach to Jefferson City. I didnt know but it might have been due to the angle of attack of the pitot tube that would not let the full force of the relative wind enter the tube.
Fear of Landing
MAY 9, 2025
The most recent case, when Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 experienced extreme turbulence in May 2024, led to thirty passengers injured and one death by a passenger who suffered a heart attack. Before that, the most recent turbulence-related passenger flight with a fatality in the NTSB database was United Airlines flight 826 in 1997.
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