Obviously a rendering of said bee should become the company’s new logo.
—Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Jun 6, 2015, at 1:27 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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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