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      06-01-2009, 01:29 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by Blake View Post
that particular accident you're talking about was an aeroperu 757 that was being washed and waxed by ground crews and the static ports were taped over. the static ports are critical for accurate readings for airspeed, altitude, vertical speed indications. once the static port is blocked, you won't necessarily get false readings right away, but eventually you will.
Yea the one where they flew right into the ocean cause the equipment said they were too high. Even the readings sent to the tower were completely wrong so they had no chance of getting good numbers. Think it happened to another flight before it aswell, but other kinds of warnings. Was a few years earlier though.
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