What Caused Flight 603 To Receive False Computer Readings? | Flying Blind | Mayday: Air Disaster

PART 2 | Do you think the crash was due to similar causes? A massive salvage operation and the investigation get underway. Ten months earlier, NTSB investigator Dick Rodriguez had investigated another 757 accident. The problem had been a blockage in the pitot-static ports which feed vital flight altitude and speed information to the computers.

When the wreckage of Flight 603 was retrieved from the ocean, the piece of fuselage with the static ports revealed the terrible truth. The static ports were covered up with duct tape that had been put on to try and prevent water from getting inside during the cleaning and wasn't removed before the flight resulting in the crew receiving false information.

From Season 1 Episode 4 "Flying Blind": This is the story of what happens when the computers fail and the pilots are left Flying Blind in the dark. All appears normal on Aeroperu Flight 603 as they leave the runway to go to Santiago, Chile but as soon as they take off, the pilots notice a confusing set of alarms and instrument indications. The computer sounds like an Overspeed warning followed by a stall warning. After several mixed readings, the crew become confident and ignore any other warnings. Fooled by previous false information and unable to see in the dark, the crew crash the plane into the ocean.

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