What a failure of procedures, missed by multiple party’s including the captain on walk around, and even at takeoff. MH are clearly not used to having pitot covers on turnaround, which as the report suggests, is an idea at Brisbane:
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The ATSB report noted there had been at least 15 incidents between 2008 and 2015 involving high-capacity regular public transport (RPT) aircraft departing from Brisbane Airport where one of the pitot probes had a partial or total blockage, at least four of which were identified as insect nests
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