CAAM: Faulty airspeed, altitude instrument caused MAS flight to pitch up

The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia today released its preliminary review of Malaysia Airlines flight MH2664, which departed from Kuala Lumpur and was bound for Tawau on April 3 but had to turn back due to a technical issue.

The CAAM said the technical issue was a malfunctioning pitot-static system, which is an instrument that measures the pressure differences to determine airspeed and altitude.

“This malfunction produced...