Flightglobal

Crashed Superjet’s erroneous angle-of-attack readings traced to swapped overlay plates

Swapping the angle-of-attack sensor overlay plates on a Gazpromavia Yakovlev Superjet 100 led to last year’s fatal accident as the jet was being ferried from Lukhovitsy to Moscow after a maintenance ...
Flightglobal

Ethiopian inquiry rejects bird-strike theory for angle-of-attack sensor failure on crashed 737 Max

One of the aspects of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max crash which had remained unclear during the investigation was the cause of the original angle-of-attack sensor malfunction that initiated ...
Flying

Ultimate Issue: AOA Gets Revisited—Again

Angle-of-attack (AOA) indicators, while praised for years, haven't seen widespread adoption in general aviation despite simplified FAA installation requirements in 2014. A more intuitive approach to ...
Aviation Week

Boeing Jump-Starts 737 MAX Angle-Of-Attack System Retrofits

Switches in the cockpit of the Boeing 737-10 at Paris Air Show 2023. Credit: Mark Wagner/Aviation Images LE BOURGET—Boeing is getting a head start on retrofitting the 737 MAX fleet with an additional ...