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Overwhelming the heating capabilities and the peito tubes freeze up. in a highly automated airplane f you ice over that tube, you no longer have that pressure which all of these computers are dependent upon. reporter: with no valid air speed to work with, the auto pilot and other automated systems disconnect. the co-pilots must manually fly the plane without the ability to monitor their air speed. the big thing is to not make any major changes with the airplane. in all likelihood it will recover shortly. if you start to make large inl puts things can get worse. reporter: with the captain still away, the youngest and least experienced on the crew attempts to level the plane that is jostled by turbulence but he overcorrects on the side stick controller pitching the airplane up at a steep angle. those inputs were massive, ....