Tag: BEA

• 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.

• Thursday, August 4th 2011 - 02:06 UTC

  French pilots cease cooperation in crash inquiry on dispute over causes

  

  French pilots on Wednesday suspended cooperation with an inquiry into the 2009 crash of an Air France jet as a dispute over the causes of the disaster opened deep wounds in France's prestigious aeronautics industry.

• 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.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2011 - 18:13 UTC

  Air France Flight 447 cockpit voice recorder recovered from the Atlantic

  

  The French aviation safety agency BEA announced on Tuesday the discovery and recovery of Air France Flight 447′s cockpit voice recorder from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, nearly two years after the Airbus A330-200 disappeared.