Airspeed is critical for all flight phases and aircraft performance, but many crucial operational speeds are not explicitly marked on standard airspeed indicators. Pilots need to track unmarked but ...

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The airspeed indicator is fundamentally flawed as a primary instrument for flight envelope awareness, particularly near a stall, because its characteristic speeds (e.g., stall, maneuvering) are ...

Failure to control airspeed is a common cause of aviation accidents (LOC-I), highlighting its critical importance in flight. Airspeed is controlled by the coordinated use of four fundamental elements: ...

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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The airspeed indicator on the Lion Air flight JT 610 that crashed in ...

The Lion Air plane that crashed into the ocean last week had been experiencing a "technical problem" with its airspeed indicator, and the gauge had malfunctioned on the jet's final four flights, ...

My colleague Andy Pasztor, a master at crash-investigation reporting who covers the National Transportation Safety Board, has news this afternoon that problems with airspeed indicators may have led to ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The “black box” data recorder from a crashed Lion Air jet shows the airspeed indicator malfunctioned on its last four flights, investigators said Monday, just hours after ...