APNewsBreak: Airspeed systems failed on US planes

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Fri, 08/07/2009 - 11:34

On at least a dozen recent flights by U.S. jetliners, malfunctioning equipment made it impossible for pilots to know how fast they were flying, federal investigators have discovered.

A similar breakdown is believed to have played a role in the Air France crash into the Atlantic that killed all 228 people aboard in June.


 

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