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Air France accident: pilots' union charges aviation safety agencies

Paris, France - According to the carrier it is not unusual that reaction after loss of contact was not immediate

SPAF, a union of Air France pilots, charged French (DGAC) and European (EASA) aviation safety agencies of not considering the problems with speed sensors, not making all that was possible to avoid possible problems such as the one that might have led to flight AF447's tragedy, when 228 people on board of an Airbus A-330/200 aircraft, en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris have been killed on June 1. "For...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1106926
Rome, Italy, 07/09/2009 12:49
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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