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To: Don Corleone

I never bought the story that the Pitot tubes froze up...they’re heated. No SOS received anywhere would indicate sudden catastrophe.

6 posted on 05/16/2011 8:53:57 AM PDT by gr8eman (People who have no souls never "Soul Search"!)

To: gr8eman

Any circuit can still fail, including pitot heat. Depending what ports freeze and when you will get different symptoms.

The issue with an Airbus is that if the auto pilot is on it can really get screwed up fast. Not sure how the comparators work on that aircraft.

7 posted on 05/16/2011 9:07:04 AM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)

To: gr8eman

I never bought the story that the Pitot tubes froze up...they’re heated.

There was an issue with A320 pitot tubes that resulted in a flight worthiness directive to replace them. The A330 uses the same pitot tubes.

8 posted on 05/16/2011 9:27:36 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)

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