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Re: [OM] AV Herald news story - Bee Speed

Subject: Re: [OM] AV Herald news story - Bee Speed
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2015 19:23:07 +0100
Double-groan! :-)

Chris

> On 6 Jun 15, at 19:14, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Did they use BP for fuel?
> 
> On 6 June 2015 at 18:27, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Incident: Flybe DH8D at Southampton on Jun 5th 2015, bee speed
>> 
>> By Simon Hradecky, created Saturday, Jun 6th 2015 15:10Z, last updated
>> Saturday, Jun 6th 2015 15:14Z
>> 
>> A Flybe de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration G-ECOE performing flight
>> BE-384 from Southampton,EN (UK) to Dublin (Ireland), was climbing out
>> of Southampton when the crew stopped the climb at 6000 feet reporting
>> unreliable airspeeds. The aircraft returned to Southampton for a safe
>> landing about 20 minutes after departure.
>> 
>> Maintenance found a bee had chosen to fly FlyBe within a pitot tube.
>> The bee, nick-named FlyBee, was convinced to leave and the aircraft
>> was able to depart again reaching Dublin with a delay of 90 minutes.
>> 
>> The airline reported the aircraft returned to Southampton due to a
>> suspected technical issue. Upon examination maintenance found a bee
>> lodged into an item of instrumentation on the outside of the aircraft.
>> 
>> 
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