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Old 1st Jul 2009, 06:35
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4krew
 
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Sorry if this info was posted before but it is not possible to me to keep up with this thread size.

Before this AF447 crash Airbus had issued an OPTIONAL pitot change, it was not a recall. Since long Airbus had warned operators of this ADR PITOT
thing and as I hear my friends on A330 are flooded with stories of speed loss in cruise and I wonder if FAA and JAA were also aware of this, its consequences allied with the fact that under total ADR failure the angle of attack sensor is also inhibited putting the pilots clueless
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