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Old 11th May 2009, 03:28 PM
Matt_L Matt_L is offline
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Please refrain from quoting the whole previous post in your post, it is not necessary, thank you - mod

2 incidents I can recall of this nature.

One I think you mean is AeroPeru 603 at Lima, where the cleaner/ground staff had accidentally taped over static vents as you say.

It crashed into ocean- flight was at night and speed indications and altitude were conflicting that pilots lost orientation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroper%C3%BA_Flight_603

Other one was a German charter airline Birgen Air 757 in Puerto Plata http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgenair_Flight_301 which was worst 757 crash in terms of fatalities. Cause was an insect who had gotten into at least 1 of the pitot tubes (and caused a blockage) as the aircraft had not flown in 25 days.

Both are featured on air crash investigations.
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