TUI 737 crew faced unreliable airspeed after improvised static-port cover left in place

TUI 737 OO-JAV-c-Gerard van der Schaaf Creative Commons

Source: Gerard van der Schaaf/Creative Commons

Investigators probing an unreliable airspeed incident on a Boeing 737-800 have traced the event to technicians’ using transparent film, instead of high-visibility stickers, to protect static ports during storage.

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