To: Don Corleone
I never bought the story that the Pitot tubes froze up...they’re heated. No SOS received anywhere would indicate sudden catastrophe.
6 posted on
05/16/2011 8:53:57 AM PDT by
gr8eman
(People who have no souls never "Soul Search"!)
To: gr8eman
Any circuit can still fail, including pitot heat. Depending what ports freeze and when you will get different symptoms.
The issue with an Airbus is that if the auto pilot is on it can really get screwed up fast. Not sure how the comparators work on that aircraft.
7 posted on
05/16/2011 9:07:04 AM PDT by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: gr8eman
I never bought the story that the Pitot tubes froze up...theyre heated. There was an issue with A320 pitot tubes that resulted in a flight worthiness directive to replace them. The A330 uses the same pitot tubes.
AF447 Did Not Have Pitot Tube Upgrade
8 posted on
05/16/2011 9:27:36 AM PDT by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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