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 ...

Preliminary analysis of flight-data recordings from the crashed Saratov Airlines Antonov An-148 indicate that the heating system for the jet's pitot-static pressure sensors was not operating at any ...

The Pitot-Static Evaluation Exercise is one of the first flight exercises conducted as part of the rotary wing syllabus at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. The purpose of the exercise is to introduce ...

Maintenance blunders keep catching pilots by surprise. Fortunately, the savvy and experienced pilots of a United Parcel Service (UPS) Boeing 747-200 freighter were able to retrieve the situation ...

CCC is pleased to announce that it was awarded a contract by the United States Department of Defense (U.S. DoD) for pressure ...

PUTRAJAYA, April 10 (Bernama) — A malfunction to the pitot-static system caused Flight MH2664 to make an air turnback to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) while en route to Tawau last ...

On April 3, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH2664 from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau returned to KLIA due to ‘technical issues’, with passengers reporting the plane had suddenly ‘dived’ during the flight. The Civil ...

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The thin metre-long tube protruding from the nose of every aircraft would be a thing of the past once the Photonic-based system is commercialised. The air pressure measurement device – Pitot-static ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator offers an unexpected learning lesson by demonstrating aerodynamic icing in flight as it affects the pitot-static system. [Credit: Shutterstock] I recently set out on a small ...