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| Date: | Saturday 6 June 2015 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 |
| Owner/operator: | Flybe |
| Registration: | G-ECOE |
| MSN: | 4212 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | near Southampton -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Southampton Airport (SOU) |
| Dublin Airport (DUB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 operating Flybe flight BE384 made a precautionary return to Southampton Airport (SOU), England due to airspeed indication anomalies.
The airplane departed Southampton at 14:18 Local Time (13:18 UTC) on a regular flight to Dublin. The aircraft climbed to 7000 feet in a northerly direction until the flight turned back at 14:29 hours local time.
The aircraft safely landed back at Southampton.
Flybe reported: "Upon inspection, Flybe engineers did discover that the cause of the issue was a bee that had become lodged in an item of instrumentation on the outside of the aircraft." The bee had likely become stuck in the pitot tube.
Flightradar24 ADS-B data show some spikes in airspeed data starting at 14:29 but it is unconfirmed if this is related to the bee.
Sources:
https://www.flightradar24.com//data/flights/be384/#671a244
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/13316597.FLY_BEE__Tiny_bumble_bee_forces_airliner_to_make_emergency_landing/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 January 2018 | G-ECOE | FlyBe | 0 | Belfast International Airport (BFS/EGAA) | |
non |
Media:
Bee in pitot tube causes Flybe(e) DHC-8-400 to return to Southampton Airport, UK http://t.co/gCQGMDtQNx pic.twitter.com/KUIZb7oHkP
— AviationSafety (@AviationSafety) June 7, 2015
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jun-2015 13:09 | harro | Added |
| 07-Jun-2015 14:58 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
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