WSJ article: AF447
06-08-2011, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Sniper
Warning: pure speculation!
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It is theorized that the pitot ports iced up, but the static ports did not. Hence, you'd appear to have reliable altitude, but not airspeed.
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It is theorized that the pitot ports iced up, but the static ports did not. Hence, you'd appear to have reliable altitude, but not airspeed.
06-08-2011, 06:01 PM
#42
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Originally Posted by bcrosier
I know next to nothing about the 'Bus - do they have the Rosemount style pitot tubes which also incorporate the static ports? If so, wouldn't the static ports also have likely iced over being part of the same failed probe?
This is the Thales tube that AF was using on the accident aircraft here.
Would a Rosemount style probe static port fail if the pitot part of it jammed with inlet ice? I don't know.
Last edited by Sniper; 06-08-2011 at 06:16 PM. Reason: added photos of AF 330's
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