PARIS, 4 Feb. The work of finding the black boxes of the Air France plane that hit the Atlantic on June 1, 2009 off the coast of Brazil will resume for the fourth time from March 20, a new campaign which will run until July, said Friday the Office of Research and Analysis for the Safety of Civil Aviation (BEA) of France.
The new deal will be financed equally by Airbus and Air France for a total of $ 12.5 million (9.2 million euros). In the crash of Flight AF447, an Air France A330, killed 228 of 32 different nationalities, including 61 French and 58 Brazilians. The director of the BEA has met with the families of the victims to explain the details of the new search will be divided into two phases, the location of the remains and the most expensive, pumping, to be funded by the state.
Given the size of the area of the new area, some 10,000 square kilometers, the campaign will last until July 2011. 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, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Security Office U.S. Transportation (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. It also noted that before the "no data" from the flight recorders or black boxes, which are essential to clarify what caused it, "the exact circumstances of the accident, let alone its causes are not yet certain." 
The new deal will be financed equally by Airbus and Air France for a total of $ 12.5 million (9.2 million euros). In the crash of Flight AF447, an Air France A330, killed 228 of 32 different nationalities, including 61 French and 58 Brazilians. The director of the BEA has met with the families of the victims to explain the details of the new search will be divided into two phases, the location of the remains and the most expensive, pumping, to be funded by the state.
Given the size of the area of the new area, some 10,000 square kilometers, the campaign will last until July 2011. 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, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Security Office U.S. Transportation (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. It also noted that before the "no data" from the flight recorders or black boxes, which are essential to clarify what caused it, "the exact circumstances of the accident, let alone its causes are not yet certain."
- France to search again for downed jet (04/02/2011)
- France Plans New Search in 2009 Jet Crash (05/02/2011)
- France to Resume Search for Plane in '09 Crash (04/02/2011)
- Bertrand Duperrin: Concorde : after Continental, Air France appeals too ! (16/12/2010)
- Boeing Delivers 200th Airplane to Air France (10/12/2010)
No comments:
Post a Comment