Wreck of an Air France 2009 accident were found in the Atlantic South, stoking optimism that investigators may be able to determine the cause of the disaster that killed 228 people.
The discovery is "good news", Air France-KLM (AF) Director General Pierre-Henri Gourgeon said in a statement on April 3 on the site of the company based in Paris. "It gives hope to find information on the causes of the accident, for the time being outstanding."
Investigators, who had already made three attempts to find the Airbus A330 SAS, may now be able to find flight recorders that could help explain the crash. Air France SA and Airbus have both been accused of manslaughter on the incident of June 1, 2009, which took place on a trip to Paris Charles De Gaulle of the Brazil airport.
The wreck of the 447 flight was located by a team on board the ship from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Alucia, according to a statement by email Office of investigations and Analyses for the Agency to the security of Civil Aviation aircraft accident investigationFrance.
The air accident agency or Air France revealed the site of the discovery. BEA, the French Agency is known, said on March 27 that he was looking for the remains of the aircraft off the coast of the Brazil.
Airbus, based in Toulouse, France and Air France have both declared that they are in disagreement with the preliminary charges of manslaughter which have been brought against them the month last by a French investigating judge. The France is one of the few countries in the world where fatal accidents automatically invites criminal probes that run alongside investigations by the aviation authorities.
Speed sensors?
The BEA said that a contributing factor to the accident could have speed, or the Pitot tubes, icing and causing readings unreliable speed sensors. The Agency made the suggestion after that examination of the data transmitted in last minutes of the jet before crashing.
Gourgeon, said last month there was no evidence that the accident was caused by Pitot, made by Thales SA tubes. (HO) Alain Bouillard, investigator BEA Chief, also said last year that speed sensor failure could not explain alone the crash and that records aviation in Europe and dozens of document U.S. incidents where probes failed and drivers retained control.
Also, the BEA said that there may be no certainty as to the cause of the accident that the black boxes are found.
Yet, three months after the accident, in Europe and the United States, the authorities ordered carriers to replace Thales Pitot tubes mounted on Airbus A330 with those made by Goodrich Corp. (GR)
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