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Based on a series of automated transmissions the Airbus A330 made in the minutes before the accident, investigators suspect that moisture from the storm plugged pressure sensors, known as Pitot tubes, that are used to determine airspeed.
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Based on a series of automated transmissions the Airbus A330 made in the minutes before the accident, investigators suspect that moisture from the storm plugged pressure sensors, known as Pitot tubes, that are used to determine airspeed.
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Sensors known as Pitot tubes, which measure air pressure and a plane's speed, apparently became blocked with ice on the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, the BEA has concluded.
Robots enlisted in Round 4 of search for Flight 447 wreckage 2011
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The plane's external speed sensors, called Pitot tubes, have long been considered a likely culprit in the disaster, with experts suggesting they may have been iced over and caused the initial problem in the crash.
The Seattle Times 2011
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So far the searchers have not found the plane's speed sensors, known as Pitot tubes, which investigators say probably played a role in the crash.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The plane's external speed sensors, called Pitot tubes, have long been considered a likely culprit in the disaster, with experts suggesting they may have been iced over.
Thestar.com - Home Page Elaine Ganley 2011
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The plane's external speed sensors, called Pitot tubes, have long been considered a likely culprit in the disaster, with experts suggesting they may have been iced over.
Thestar.com - Home Page Elaine Ganley 2011
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Automatic messages sent by the plane's computers just before it crashed show it was receiving false air speed readings from sensors known as Pitot tubes.
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Preliminary findings showed that the jet's airspeed probes - called Pitot tubes - gave false readings before it crashed into the ocean, but that they were not the sole cause of the accident.
BBC - Ouch 2010
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Preliminary findings showed that the jet's airspeed probes - called Pitot tubes - gave false readings before it crashed into the ocean, but that they were not the sole cause of the accident.
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