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Old 7th January 2016, 07:42 AM
Brian Noldt Brian Noldt is offline
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Default Bee delays Garuda flight

A Garuda flight GA197 was delayed 4 hours after pilots discovered a problem with the 737 instruments. It was later confirmed that a bee was found trapped in one of the pitot tubes. The fate of the bee was not disclosed.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/...s/2403116.html

It brings memories of an Air Crash Investigations episode " Mixed Signals"
Summary here:
On 6 February 1996, Birgenair Flight 301 is scheduled to fly from Puerto Plata to Frankfurt. On takeoff, the captain finds that his airspeed indicator (ASI) is not reading properly, though the co-pilot's ASI is showing the correct speed; the aircraft subsequently crashes in the Atlantic Ocean. The pilots became confused and believed that both ASIs were malfunctioning, leading to loss of control of the aircraft. All 13 crew members and 176 passengers died. The cause of the disaster was believed to be a wasp that built a nest in one of the aircraft's pitot tubes, which was incorrectly left uncovered during the aircraft's extended stay at Puerto Plata airport.
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