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AF447. BEA: cause of the tragedy still unknown

Paris, France - The speed probes "Pitot tubes" are just one of the possibilities

The French agency that is investigating on June 1 accident in which 228 people on board of an Air France A-330/200, flight AF447, were killed when the aircraft ditched in the Atlantic, stated today that it has not yet reached a conclusion on the possible cause of that tragedy. The speed sensors "Pitot Tubes" are just one of the possibilities currently been analyzed by the investigators, in a chain...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1112689
Rome, Italy, 12/17/2009 18:00
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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