Iced-over instruments could contain given pilots wrong data,causing accident that killed 71 peopleRussian experts investigating a plane crash external Moscow that killed 71 people at the weekend contain said the accident may contain been caused by ice on instruments that led to faulty information on the craft’s airspeed.“A factor in the development of a special situation in the flight could be the wrong data about flight speed on pilots’ indicators, which was likely due to iced pitot tubes [speed probes] while their heating systems were shut off, or said the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC),which investigates aircraft incidents.
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Source: guardian.co.uk