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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
They have had a pretty good idea what happened, this will just confirm it. The airbus is designed to give out warnings to headquarters when something is wrong, so they have that information and it points to faulty
pitot tubes that may have been rendered useless by Supercooling of water.
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I assume you are referring to that "passionate eye" thing?
IMO there were quite a few assumptions made in that. I'm not saying they are out to lunch, they were very informed opinions by some of the leading experts, but it is still speculation.
I admit I didn't see the whole thing because I was stuck with a really slow Internet connection. The video seemed to make Supercooled water droplets sound like a rare phenomenon. It is certainly a phenomenon, but it is most certainly not rare. That is why the Pitot's are heated; anti ice protection.
So the heating elements failed on all 3 pitot tubes? How and why? One of the biggest aspects of aviation safety is redundancy. As scary as it sounds they play the odds. The odds of all 3 element failing? I don't know a thing about 330 systems, but I think it is pretty low.
I think and hope the FDR can put to rest the mystery.