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Old 8th Jun 2009, 12:49
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Air France+Airbus knew about PITOT

Milka, exactly what I mentioned here :
#599.
See original ACARS link here.
Eurocockpit - Accueil

""
A 0210, le premier des deux "FAULT REPORTS" concerne donc l'ATA 34 (message "FLR [...] 34111506EFCS2 [...]") et signifie :
  • ATA 34 (navigation)
  • 11 (Sensors, power supply and switching)
  • 15 (Pitot probes)
  • 06 (cruise)
Le sous-ATA 11/15 concerne donc... les tubes Pitot. Avec comme conséquence la panne FLR 27933406 (Flight control primary computer en croisière), puis toute la longue liste des messages WRN (WARNING) qui découlent de la perte totale de références anémométriques."
(...)
"En clair, quelques minutes après l'accident, le BEA, Airbus et Air France avaient bien entendu le contenu des messages, et leur signification. Ils savaient qu'il s'agissait - de nouveau - d'un problème sur les tubes Pitot."

Translation :
"One of the first two fault reports is relative to ATA34, meaning "PITOT sensors". Hence the consequence, FLR 27933406 failure plus the whole series of WRN messages, etc."
(...)
"Clearly, AF and BEA knew right after the accident the content of these messages and understood they had — again — a PITOT problem."

EuroCockpit

One of the 3 pilot unions refuses any A330/A 340 flight if 2 over 3 PITOT are not replaced NOW.

See this DGAC (french FAA) directive dating back 2001 about "severe incidents related to PITOT".

Image 2001 354.JPG


PS : Sorry, guys, but I don't have the ability to post the PDF,
I apparently don't have access to that functionality here.

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