Now Boarding! » Thales http://now.boarding.fr/en A blog somewhere between earth and sky Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:03:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Beneficial to safety: EU to recommend banning speed sensor Pitot Thalès C16195AA http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/safety-banning-pitot-thales/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/safety-banning-pitot-thales/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:59:37 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=233 Reporting from Reuters, the European Aviation Safety Agency plans to recommend a ban on the type of speed sensor installed on the Air France Airbus jet which crashed in the Atlantic last month, a spokesman said on Thursday.

A proposed ruling would also ration the number of a newer type of sensor made by same manufacturer, France’s Thales, to just one per plane, he told Reuters.

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“EASA will recommend that all A330 and A340 Airbus aircraft currently equipped with Thales pitot probes should be fitted with at least 2 Goodrich probes,” said Daniel Holtgen, chief spokesman for the agency responsible for aviation safety in the European Union. The proposal will be presented to the aviation industry for consultation and will not be mandatory, at least initially, he added.

This recommendation comes in the wake of the crash of Air France flight 447, which crashed en route from Rio De Janeiro to Paris on June 1, killing all 228 people on the Airbus A330. Automated data sent from the plane indicated problems with its speed probes, known as “pitot tubes”.

Thales has seen better days …

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