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plane crashed Air France questions the role of sensors
Thursday, June 11, 2009 13:51
PARIS (Reuters) - Air France is still not convinced that speed sensors can be incriminati per la perdita di uno dei suoi aerei sull'Atlantico, ma rimpiazzerà quelli vecchi per precauzione.
Lo ha detto oggi l'amministratore delegato Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, spiegando ai giornalisti che Air France è sotto shock per il peggior disastro nei suoi 75 anni di storia, e che si attendono entro una settimana maggiori informazioni sullo schianto dell'Airbus 330, in rotta dal Brasile a Parigi con 228 persone a bordo.
Gli investigatori hanno detto che l'Airbus ha registrato incongruenti letture della velocità appena prima che i contatti andassero persi, avvalorando l'ipotesi che i piloti possano inavvertitamente aver volato alla velocità sbagliata.
Nei giorni scorsi, Air France ha riferito di aver notato in passato temporary loss of data due to the speed of the ice collected on the sensors and to have speeded up the program already planned to replace this type of instrumentation.
"In these circumstances, the first replacement was made virtually on the eve of the accident, on Friday," said Gourgeon, adding that "not convinced that the speed sensors are the cause of the crash."
The French Committee of Inquiry on the incident said it was too early to determine any possible cause of the crash, saying that there are only two certainties: that the plane was hit by severe turbulence before the crash and that reading speed is inconsistent.
Airbus has denied what was written by a French newspaper, that is considering to hold ground its fleet of A330 and A340 aircraft following the disaster, saying they are safe for flight.
speed sensors on Air France A330 were supplied by France's Thales, which has produced two versions. A third model made by American Goodrich has not been called into question.
So far rescuers have recovered 41 French and Brazilian bodies and wreckage in the Atlantic, about 1,000 km from the northern coast of Brazil. A French nuclear submarine in search of black boxes.
Thursday, June 11, 2009 13:51
PARIS (Reuters) - Air France is still not convinced that speed sensors can be incriminati per la perdita di uno dei suoi aerei sull'Atlantico, ma rimpiazzerà quelli vecchi per precauzione.
Lo ha detto oggi l'amministratore delegato Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, spiegando ai giornalisti che Air France è sotto shock per il peggior disastro nei suoi 75 anni di storia, e che si attendono entro una settimana maggiori informazioni sullo schianto dell'Airbus 330, in rotta dal Brasile a Parigi con 228 persone a bordo.
Gli investigatori hanno detto che l'Airbus ha registrato incongruenti letture della velocità appena prima che i contatti andassero persi, avvalorando l'ipotesi che i piloti possano inavvertitamente aver volato alla velocità sbagliata.
Nei giorni scorsi, Air France ha riferito di aver notato in passato temporary loss of data due to the speed of the ice collected on the sensors and to have speeded up the program already planned to replace this type of instrumentation.
"In these circumstances, the first replacement was made virtually on the eve of the accident, on Friday," said Gourgeon, adding that "not convinced that the speed sensors are the cause of the crash."
The French Committee of Inquiry on the incident said it was too early to determine any possible cause of the crash, saying that there are only two certainties: that the plane was hit by severe turbulence before the crash and that reading speed is inconsistent.
Airbus has denied what was written by a French newspaper, that is considering to hold ground its fleet of A330 and A340 aircraft following the disaster, saying they are safe for flight.
speed sensors on Air France A330 were supplied by France's Thales, which has produced two versions. A third model made by American Goodrich has not been called into question.
So far rescuers have recovered 41 French and Brazilian bodies and wreckage in the Atlantic, about 1,000 km from the northern coast of Brazil. A French nuclear submarine in search of black boxes.
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