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 ...

PUTRAJAYA, April 10 (Bernama) — A malfunction to the pitot-static system caused Flight MH2664 to make an air turnback to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) while en route to Tawau last ...

Preliminary analysis of flight-data recordings from the crashed Saratov Airlines Antonov An-148 indicate that the heating system for the jet's pitot-static pressure sensors was not operating at any ...

The Pitot-Static Evaluation Exercise is one of the first flight exercises conducted as part of the rotary wing syllabus at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. The purpose of the exercise is to introduce ...

What happens if some of the 20 billion sensors projected to be in place in a few years throw out some bad data? If that sees you buying Cheerios instead of Frosted Flakes, I suppose we can all live ...

Maintenance blunders keep catching pilots by surprise. Fortunately, the savvy and experienced pilots of a United Parcel Service (UPS) Boeing 747-200 freighter were able to retrieve the situation ...

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