The crash of a Russian passenger plane that killed all 71 people on board may have been caused by the pilots’ failure to activate heating for pressure measurement equipment, resulting in flawed speed data, investigators have said. The crash of a Russian passenger plane that killed all 71 people on board may have been caused by the pilots’ failure to activate heating for pressure measurement equipment, resulting in flawed speed data, investigators have said. The pilots put the An-148 on autopilot after taking off from Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport but took manual controls back when they saw clashing speed data. It emphasised that the flawed speed data resulted from the “icing of pressure measurement instruments that had their heating systems turned off”. Russia Plane Crash Earlier reports indicated that the plane’s captain had chosen not to have the plane undergo a de-icing treatment before take-off.

Source: Irish Independent February 13, 2018 13:41 UTC