Although invisible to the human eye, the detector can identify minute changes in colour – which indicate the aircraft’s airspeed. Dr Leslie Laycock, executive scientist at BAE Systems said: ...

An Air France memo to its pilots Friday about the crash of Flight 447 said the airline is replacing instruments that help measure airspeed on all its medium- and long-haul Airbus jets.

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

BOEING has run into more problems with its 787 Dreamliners, including fears a problem with airspeed data displays could send aircraft into a mid-flight dive.

Investigators concluded: "The aircraft suffered an airspeed discrepancy resulting from a blocked pitot probe. "The crew recognised the fault and the take-off was rejected." ...

The separate incidents – which occurred during 9-11 June – involved aircraft of different types, all of which had been parked for periods of three to seven days at different locations within ...