A malfunction in the pitot-static system of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 is likely to have led to a “technical issue” which saw the aircraft pitch up and subsequently lose altitude. In a ...

Investigators have determined that a Transavia Boeing 737-700 brought out of storage during the pandemic departed Rotterdam without its pitot-static pressure lines being connected to their air-data ...

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A Dornier commuter plane was forced to return to Brisbane after its flight instruments malfunctioned due to green caterpillars clogging the pitot static system. Despite the incident, which resulted in ...

But after another 30 seconds the speed-measurement system suffered a complete failure. All three pitot static probes were apparently producing incorrect readings. The captain’s and copilot’s ...