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Insect in the instruments forced an aircraft to abandon take-off

Kaunas, Lithuania - Celtic players were on board

An insect in the instrument forced yesterday the pilot of a Boeing 757 to reject take-off at the last minute. The pilot was forced to take the plane back to the standing position. He informed the passengers, Celtic players and officials flying back home after their Championship League qualifying round victory over Kaunas, that he aborted take-off because a problem with the airspeed readings caused...

fra/pec - 48641
Rome, Italy, 07/31/2003 18:27
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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