The speed sensors, called Pitot tubes, are "a factor but not the only one," Bouillard said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nevada Appeal - Top Stories] Reference

Air France has now replaced the monitors, called Pitot tubes, on all its Airbus A330 and A340 aircraft.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front] Reference

The sensing system includes a part called a Pitot tube, which is the part Airbus recommended replacing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

There has been speculation that the airspeed indication equipment - known as Pitot tubes - could have been faulty.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

The Air France memo says the company will finish replacing the instruments-known as Pitot tubes-in "coming weeks.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion] Reference

The Air France memo says the company will finish replacing the instruments - known as Pitot tubes - in "coming weeks.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Home - BostonHerald.com] Reference

The memo sent Friday said Air France has been replacing instruments known as Pitot tubes and will finish in "coming weeks.".    From Wordnik.com.  [kstp.com - MORE NEWS] Reference

Automatic messages sent by the plane's computers just before it crashed show it was receiving false speed readings from sensors known as Pitot tubes.    From Wordnik.com.  [News24 Top Stories] Reference

Automatic messages sent by the plane's computers just before it crashed show it was receiving false air speed readings from sensors known as Pitot tubes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shad Plank] Reference

Air France has replaced the sensors, called Pitot tubes, on all its A330 and A340 aircraft, under pressure from pilots who feared a link to the accident.    From Wordnik.com.  [theleafchronicle.com - Local News] Reference

Automatic messages sent by the plane's computers just before it crashed show the plane was receiving false speed readings from sensors known as Pitot tubes.    From Wordnik.com.  [CTV News RSS Feed] Reference

Investigators have focused on the possibility that external speed monitors - called Pitot tubes - iced over and gave false readings to the plane's computers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Statesman - AP Sports] Reference

Pilots question airspeed sensors 'troubled history photo shows a speed sensor, called a Pitot, made by Thales and used on A320, A330, A340 models of the Airbus in Toulouse.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Northeast insurgents have camps in Bangladesh: Tripura CM] Reference

Captain Pitot, took place February 2, 1800, and for this exploit.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876] Reference

The next day, Jeanne came over to announce her engagement to James Pitot.    From Wordnik.com.  [All That Glitters] Reference

“Mademoiselle Tate and Madame Pitot are with him in the study,” he added.    From Wordnik.com.  [All That Glitters] Reference

Pitot tubes use external air temperature and pressure to calculate changes in speed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Experts Zero In on Jet-Ice Risk] Reference

Late word tonight that U.S. Air and Delta are upgrading the Pitot tubes on their planes.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2009] Reference

Pitot tubes are heated but at 35,000 feet the temperature is 40 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2009] Reference

Pitot tubes are heated, but at 35,000 feet, the temperature is 40 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2009] Reference

Air France is changing out the Pitot tubes on their planes in the redesigned models, but they hadn't taken care of this plane yet.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2009] Reference

Pitot/static tubes or ports are not rocket science.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top stories from Times Online] Reference

My worthy friend Pitot wrote to the same effect, to M.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2] Reference

The business end of a Pitot tube is little more than a bent straw with a tapered end.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top stories from Times Online] Reference

I have always wondered why the "Pitot Heat On" switch has to be turned ON by the pilot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top stories from Times Online] Reference

These letters were accompanied by duplicates of those written by my friend Pitot in March 1805, to.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2] Reference

There has been speculation that the Pitot tubes which indicate just how fast the aircraft is going were faulty.    From Wordnik.com.  [icCoventry] Reference

Using known met conditions why not estimate AIRSPEED after Pitot tubes fails, as a standby. surely software can do this.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top stories from Times Online] Reference

Air France revealed in the memo that it has stopped a training program for pilots on how to manage a Pitot malfunction like that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Statesman - AP Sports] Reference

A330 aircraft have suffered Pitot tube problems in the past and Air France has now replaced them on all its Airbus A330 and A340 aircraft.    From Wordnik.com.  [icCheshireOnline] Reference