Serious incident to an Airbus A330 operated by Virgin Atlantic occured on 01/07/2021 at Milan

Preliminary data based on the notification from the United Kingdom authorities:

On taxi for take-off A.ICE F/O PITOT HEAT displayed on ECAM. Investigation by maintenance personnel discovered debris in Captain and First Officer pitot probes

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General information
Local date	01/07/2021
Responsible entity	United Kingdom - AAIB
State or area of occurrence	Europe and North Atlantic - Italy
Location	AD Milano/Malpensa
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Minor
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2021-0323

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Fixed Wing - Aeroplane - Large Aeroplane - Large Aeroplane
Operator	United Kingdom - Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A330
Aircraft Registration
State of registry	United Kingdom
Last departure point	Italy - LIMC (MXP): Milano/Malpensa
Planned destination	United Kingdom - EGLL (LHR): London/Heathrow
Flight phase	Taxi
Serial number	1201
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.