A319 pitot blockage after prolonged storage led to post-V1 take-off abort

EasyJet A319-c-Markus Eigenheer Creative Commons

Source: Markus Eigenheer/Creative Commons

UK investigators have found that a pitot-tube blockage generating unreliable airspeed data spurred an EasyJet Airbus A319 crew to abort take-off at high speed at London Luton.

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