The Earth Chronicles by Earth · November 28, 2020
Solitary wasps most often create nests in tiny holes in the environment. In nature, they choose trees, but in cities – structures built by people. As it turns out, these wasps also create nests in the most important onboard devices used to measure the speed of aircraft. At first glance, this is okay, but a tiny hornet’s nest can cause disaster.
Single wasps build tiny nests in airplanes that interfere with sensors
The new study, to be published in PLOS ONE next week, examines the magnitude of the problem with lone wasps (Pachodynerus nasidens) blocking pitot tubes – part of sensors that measure takeoff and landing speeds – in Australian planes.
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