Monday, March 28, 2011

Francia/Brasil.- France starts the fourth year of searching for black box flight from Paris to Rio

PARIS, 28 Mar. France has begun a new search for the black box flight from Paris to Rio de Air France, which fell into the Atlantic on June 1, 2009 and which killed 228 people, reports on the Office website Research and Analysis for Civil Aviation Security, BEA, - in its French acronym -. The fourth phase of the technical investigation began on March 25 off the coast of Brazil, and is the shipping 'hallucinations' which has approached the crash site for registration, says BEA.

This new operation is financed equally by Airbus and Air France for a total of $ 12.5 million (9.2 million euros), a campaign that will last until July 2011. In the crash of Flight AF447, an Air France A330, killed 228 of 32 different nationalities, including 61 French and 58 Brazilians.

The BEA terminated the task of finding the black boxes on August 20, 2009, which prevented its location, but some wreckage. In its early stages, the researchers analyzed about 1,000 pieces of the plane. The second report issued by the Office recommended that "changing the criteria for certification" of speed sensors known as "pitot" Thales brand, which cast a new shadow on the reliability of them.

Airbus, EASA and Transport Safety Bureau of the U.S.. UU. (DOT) urged airlines to replace the tubes 'pitot' French manufacturer in the A330 and A340 in its fleet, other U.S. manufacturer Goodrich, as a less reliable. ALLOCATION OF AIR FRANCE-KLM. Air France-KLM has been charged with 'manslaughter' by the judge investigating the accident investigation, becoming the second accused in the criminal investigation after the accident aircraft manufacturer Airbus.

Both Air France and Airbus are not responsible for the accident, when still missing plane's black boxes, and question the relevance of a charge now.

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