Originally Posted by
edmundronald
HundredPercentPlease
You are saying that *by design* a single blocked orifice (pitot or static vent) can put the pilot's control systems in a state such that conventionnally trained and certified airplane pilots will quite reasonably be expected to lose control and terminate in an encounter with terrain at speed, even though control surfaces and engines are fully functional.
It takes far less than a blocked orifice to do that (Flash 604, Indian 605, Aeroflot 593, Turkish 1951, Asiana 214...)