Tag: AF447

• Monday, September 2nd 2019 - 06:50 UTC

  Relatives of victims of 2009 Rio-Paris crash include Airbus in their claim

  

  Relatives of victims of the 2009 Rio-Paris air crash have provided evidence they say supports their claim that Airbus knew of problems with an onboard instrument five years earlier, it emerged on Sunday.

• Saturday, July 7th 2012 - 01:18 UTC

  Faulty sensors and inadequate pilot training caused Air France Flight 447 tragedy

  

  French investigators say faulty sensors and inadequate pilot training caused Air France's Rio-to-Paris 447 flight to crash into the Atlantic in 2009. Their final report caps a bitter row between the airline and Airbus.

• Tuesday, May 31st 2011 - 07:28 UTC

  France reports 77 bodies have been recovered from the ocean bed

  

  A total of 127 bodies have been recovered since the start of the search for the Air France Airbus A330 plane that crashed in the Atlantic in June 2009, a Brazilian association of the victims' families said on Tuesday.

• Friday, May 27th 2011 - 22:07 UTC

  Air France flight 447 stalled and in three and a half minutes crashed into the Atlantic

  

  The Air France jet which crashed into the Atlantic en route from Rio in 2009 stalled and fell in three and a half minutes, French investigators report. The air accident investigations bureau (BEA) found the crew had struggled with contradictory speed readings just before the plane crashed.