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PARIS — An Air France union urged pilots Monday to refuse to fly Airbus A330s and A340s unless their external speed and altitude monitors have been replaced.
The instruments, known as Pitot tubes, have drawn attention in the investigation into the crash of Air France Flight 447. Air France has said icing of the monitors at high altitude has led to loss of needed flying information.
An internal union memo to Air France pilots urges them to refuse to fly A330s and A340s unless at least two of the three Pitot sensors on the planes have been replaced.
The Associated Press
