Wreckage from Air France jet found in Atlantic

BBC ^

[Cementjungle]

I have no idea... I was just curious as to why they’re charging the airline with manslaughter when they also say they don’t know the cause of the crash. I must be missing something.

[Blueflag]

Gotta disagree only because other crews handled similar failures successfully. Perhaps unfair to call it error, but this Airbus crew did not no execute what others did ... BUT we don’t know that. It is only inferred forensically.

I saw the Nova report and came away from that with the impression that the crew did not retain control of the plane when they could/should have, and others have.

I never fly over 150 KIAS or over 10000’ ASL so I can’t criticize. I would just really like to know what happened.

[Blueflag]

Both the icing conditions and the failure of heated pitots were not what pilots encounter on a daily basis. Thus atypical.

Rare occurrences = atypical.

The pitot issue DID happen too many times and thus the AD to replace them.

Btw, I did watch the Nova video. We don’t *know* what happened so keep in mind they may have indeed flown into the Q-corner.

I hope the wreckage speaks volumes.

[Hulka]

I understand your point.

We shall see if more facts come out. . .

[XHogPilot]

It took a French criminal investigation less than 2 weeks to find the wreckage. Accident investigations and criminal investigations are two very separate events. Accident investigations look for cause with the sole purpose of preventing future accidents. French criminal investigations determine cupability and liability. It seems that the previous (accident investigation) search 2 years ago may have been conducted in a half hearted manner so as to avoid providing evidence for a future criminal investigation.

More info on the discovery here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8425600/Air-France-plane-wreckage-found.html

[Dallas59]

A bet as to who downed it...