UK investigators have found that a pitot-tube blockage generating unreliable airspeed data spurred an EasyJet Airbus A319 crew to abort take-off at high speed at London Luton. The A319 (G-EZBD) was ...

Investigators believe a Boeing 757-200 crew's struggle to establish stable flight after a pitot tube blockage could have been avoided if the pilots had aborted take-off at low speed rather than opt to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the airline industry and aviation safety. Dec 28, 2014, 08:26am EST Dec 28, 2014, 08:26am EST This article is more ...

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 ...