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Air France disaster, SPAF: the accident could be avoided
Paris, France - According to the pilots' trade union the Pitot tubes would have been the main factor
The French pilots' trade union SPAF charged Airbus and the flight safety authorities of not considering the problems of the speed sensors "Pitot Tubes", that SPAF believes were the main factor in June 1's tragedy, in which 228 people were killed on board of an Air France Airbus A-330/200 aircraft, en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris (flight AF447). The report opposes BEA's statement that the sensors...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1109810
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency