As the hunt for the Black Boxes of the recent Air France Airbus crash continues, here is a very good summary of what is known so far and it looks like it’s pointing towards a catastrophic high-altitude break-up.
With engineering discussions focusing on the Pitot Tubes somehow in this case not sending the correct speed information to the on-board computers, it now appears that there have been a number similar incidents on Air France Airbus place.
“The Times of London reports that a similar “incoherent cocktail of alarms” occurred six times on Air France flights since February 2008. Though pilots eventually regained control in those instances, one situation became so dire that the pilot issued a mayday call. In each case, the emergency appeared to be linked to Pitot tubes that malfunctioned in stormy weather, The Times concludes.”
The Air France that crashed had not had its Pitot Tubes replace, this was to be done in due course!!
With only 20 or less days to go before the pingers on the Black Box run out, it’s looking highly likely that this will be one air crash that may never give up its secrets.
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