The following information provides an awareness of problems that might be avoided in the future. The information is based on final reports by official investigative authorities on aircraft accidents and incidents.
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Pitot Blocked by Ice
Boeing 757-200. Substantial damage. Seventeen minor injuries.
Inbound from Newark, New Jersey, U.S., with 131 passengers and eight crewmembers the morning of Oct. 20, 2013, the flight crew saw only light precipitation on their weather radar as they neared their destination in Dublin, Ireland.
Investigators later determined, however, that the on-board weather radar likely …

