Accident investigators think icing of Pitot tubes used to determine aircraft air speed might have caused the crash of Air France flight 447 on 31 May 2009. Although journalists and others have talked ...

Wilmington, Delaware, March 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Allied Market Research published a report, titled, "Pitot Tubes Market by Type (S Shape Pitot Tubes, L Shape Pitot Tubes, Others), Application ...

Every part of a fighter jet has a job to do. Even the tiny things that don't seem important at first, like that thin metal rod sticking out from the nose in jets like F-16, actually serve a purpose.

This is the extraordinary story of an aircraft which was in good flying order except for a blocked pitot tube which caused multiple problems. Birgenair Flight 301 crashed shortly after take off from ...