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Air France Black Box ResultsPilot Error
"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 |
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