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Old 22nd Sep 2009, 22:51
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Peter H
 
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Another thought to icing

RetiredF4 asked ...

Would it be logical to assume, that icing took place not only within the pitot-tubes but as well on other critical aircraft parts/ surfaces as Flight-controls?

Would it also be logical, that the heated pitot-tubes would be the last parts being affected by icing due to the heating of those?


I believe that the suggestion is that AF477 was in abnormal icing conditions, where ice would only build up on heated surfaces. [See references to engine core icing earlier in the thread.]

Regards, Peter

I'm still struck by the apparent near-simultaneous failure of the pitot-tubes. It might be irrelevant to the eventual outcome, but it seems surprising there wasn't an observable gap between the failures.
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