An Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation into an airspeed indication failure during the take-off of a Malaysia Airlines A330-300 has led to several safety changes. The incident took ...

Insect nesting activity affected the pitot-static systems of eight different aircraft in the space of six weeks at London Heathrow last year, and UK investigators believe the behaviour could have been ...

French accident investigation bureau BEA wants certification criteria for pitot tubes to be changed following in-depth studies into their behavior in high-altitude flight. In its latest interim report ...

This isn't the first time that an Airbus aircraft has malfunctioned due to ice buildup in front of pitot probes and the manufacturer has published an explainer on what ice buildup can do. Airbus ...

Qatar Airways said on Tuesday it is upgrading the speed sensors on its Airbus A330 and A340 aircraft although the manufacturer has not given any such instructions. "Qatar Airways is continuing a large ...