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Subject: [OM] AV Herald news story - Bee Speed
From: Philippe <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2015 21:34:30 +0200
No photo no airmiss report
;-)
Amities
Philippe


Le 6 juin 2015 à 19:27, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> 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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