Originally Posted by
A Squared
Well, it should be pointed out again, that the speculation that pitot tube covers might have been left on in the current accident is just that, purely speculative. It hasn't been ruled out, but there's no reason to suggest this was the problem. So, given that, it is entirely possible that in the current accident, the airspeed indication was normal during the takeoff run, and the airspeed unreliability occurred later. It should also be pointed out that we don't know that they called V1 and V2. The CVR has not yet been recovered.
And if the reported previous occurrences of UAS (alleged to be on 4 previous flights...) are correct, then I think all would agree that covered pitots for multiple flights seems completely implausible.
- GY