Flight data from AF447 crash

CCIP · 05-27-11, 06:48 AM

So, the investigators have released a statement about what they found on the flight recorders of Air France 447 that they pulled out from the bottom of the sea. You can find the full statement here:

http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/vol....mai2011.en.pdf

What do you make of it?

Sounds like a classic crash scenario - a bad combination of several factors conspiring against the plane. Bad weather + failing airspeed readings + erroneous pilot responses based on that readings = unrecoverable stall.

05-27-11, 06:48 AM	#1
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Flight data from AF447 crash So, the investigators have released a statement about what they found on the flight recorders of Air France 447 that they pulled out from the bottom of the sea. You can find the full statement here: http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/vol....mai2011.en.pdf What do you make of it? Sounds like a classic crash scenario - a bad combination of several factors conspiring against the plane. Bad weather + failing airspeed readings + erroneous pilot responses based on that readings = unrecoverable stall. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)