they re going by rolling distance, it s important for pilots to be able to know how fast a plane is going. part of the speed sensing system on modern aircraft are these little tubes that stick out of the fuselage. and a malfunction in that speed sensing system is how we lost an air france flight in 2009, a crash of a big plane that killed 228 people. a commercial jet has disappeared. search teams are scouring thousands of miles of open atlantic ocean for any sign of an air france jet that was carries 216 passengers, a crew of 12, including two americans on a flight last night from reyoi to paris. the flight left rio bound for paris, it s last radar contact before heading over the ocean was at 9:30. at 10:00 p.m. the plane entered an area of extreme weather. then transmitted an automatic
the basic technology of a pitot tube measures develvelocity, an instrument that measures speed. planes can t measure how fast they re going by rolling distance, it s important for pilots to be able to know how fast a plane is going. part of the speed sensing system on modern aircraft are these little tubes that stick out of the fuselage. and a malfunction in that speed sensing system is how we lost an air france flight in 2009, a crash of a big plane that killed 228 people. a commercial jet has disappeared. search teams are scouring thousands of miles of open atlantic ocean for any sign of an air france jet that was carries 216 passengers, a crew of 12, including two americans
tube measures velocity, an instrument that measures speed. planes can t measure how fast they re going by rolling distance, it s important for pilots to be able to know how fast a plane is going. part of the speed sensing system on modern aircraft are these little tubes that stick out of the fuselage. and a malfunction in that speed sensing system is how we lost an air france flight in 2009, a crash of a big plane that killed 228 people. a commercial jet has disappeared. search teams are scouring thousands of miles of open atlantic ocean for any sign of an air france jet that was carries 216 passengers, a crew of 12, including two americans