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Old 29th Jul 2009, 07:43
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"Lefigaro.fr" is reporting a new incident with A320 FCO-CDG as AF1905
( F-GFKJ?). This aircraft was equipped with Thalès pitot -BA serie (new model).
Crew experienced a loss of speed indication for about one minute.

AF management gas confirmed the incident.


Le Figaro - France : Sonde Pitot*: un nouvel incident chez Air France


..."And the report of the crew accessible on the Sentinel software from the company states again "a brutal loss of the indications speed and then a disappearance of anemometric information”. In other words, the pilot had no more informations on the speed of the plane and had to change to manual mode"...
In the same article it is reported that The SNPL (Syndicat National des Pilotes de Ligne) might call for a replacement of the entire AF Airbus fleet with Goodrich tubes.
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