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Yes, they lost the left airspeed and considered the right airspeed unreliable, so they declared emergency and requested ground speed info from the ATC radar for cross-check (I wonder if they didn't have a GPS to get their own ground speed, they surely had a DME).
Wasn't there a case where the bird punctured the fuselage an ended inside the cockpit (and I think severely hurt the FO)?
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Originally posted by Gabriel View Post(I wonder if they didn't have a GPS to get their own ground speed, they surely had a DME).
The DME on the 737 only gives distance, not groundspeed.The "keep my tail out of trouble" disclaimer: Though I work in the airline industry, anything I post on here is my own speculation or opinion. Nothing I post is to be construed as "official" information from any air carrier or any other entity.
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Found a reference to a bird strike at CDG on april 2, 2001, where a 767 was damaged and parts of the bird ended up in the cockpit
On 22 October 2007, the Associated Press reported that NASA had planned to not release a report on a survey of over 24,000 pilots about safe...
Strange, this one is not listed in the ASN database
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Originally posted by Gabriel View PostYes, they lost the left airspeed and considered the right airspeed unreliable, so they declared emergency and requested ground speed info from the ATC radar for cross-check (I wonder if they didn't have a GPS to get their own ground speed, they surely had a DME).
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Originally posted by Evan View PostIf they still had agreement on the other two airspeed indications, why wouldn't that be enough? Or was the right pitot affected as well?
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