Aircraft: Equipment

(asked on 19th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with aviation leaders on ensuring that pitot tubes and other pressure sensitive instruments are of the highest quality across the sector to ensure the safety of passengers and crew.


Answered by
Robert Courts Portrait
Robert Courts
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
This question was answered on 25th January 2022

The Department for Transport remains in close contact with the industry through various means, for example, a regular aviation safety industry forum. This forum allows industry to raise pressing safety matters directly.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in its role as the UK regulator has provided guidance to aircraft operators and maintenance organisations to highlight the potential for pitot tubes to become blocked, particularly as airlines return to service aircraft that have been in storage or limited use during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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