Originally Posted by
Me Myself
The Air Caraïbe incident wasn't exactly a walk in the park, nor the Northwest one.
I doubt AF will ever bother to find this crew and ask them how they did it.
I had no problem finding out something about this, including a memo by the flight safety officer.
Air Caraibes Atlantique memo details pitot icing incidents
An Air France air safety message to its pilots last November talks of six related incidents on A330/A340s resulting in incorrect airspeed indications, numerous warning messages, and sometimes configuration alerts.
It urges pilots to be vigilant at high altitude when icing and turbulence are encountered, and to fly the aircraft gently if they take manual control.
And the Air Caribes memo itself, which is in French:
Air Caraibes Airbus A330 memo