"The pilots of an Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean two years
ago apparently became distracted with faulty airspeed indicators and failed to
properly deal with other vital systems, including adjusting engine thrust,
according to people familiar with preliminary findings from the plane's
recorders."

"The final moments inside the cockpit of the twin-engine Airbus A330, these
people said, indicate the pilots seemingly were confused by alarms they received
from various automated flight-control systems as the plane passed through some
turbulence typical on the route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. They also faced
unexpectedly heavy icing at 35,000 feet. Such icing is renowned for making
airspeed-indicators and other external sensors unreliable."



Entire article at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...ist_smartbrief



Vaughn