Yep, there's a reason to use those pitot covers with the long red tail,
when parked for any length of time. :-)
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 6/6/2015 12:27 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
Incident: Flybe DH8D at Southampton on Jun 5th 2015, bee speed
By Simon Hradecky, created Saturday, Jun 6th 2015 15:10Z, last updated
Saturday, Jun 6th 2015 15:14Z
A Flybe de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration G-ECOE performing flight
BE-384 from Southampton,EN (UK) to Dublin (Ireland), was climbing out
of Southampton when the crew stopped the climb at 6000 feet reporting
unreliable airspeeds. The aircraft returned to Southampton for a safe
landing about 20 minutes after departure.
Maintenance found a bee had chosen to fly FlyBe within a pitot tube.
The bee, nick-named FlyBee, was convinced to leave and the aircraft
was able to depart again reaching Dublin with a delay of 90 minutes.
The airline reported the aircraft returned to Southampton due to a
suspected technical issue. Upon examination maintenance found a bee
lodged into an item of instrumentation on the outside of the aircraft.
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