Frances equivalent to the NTSB-the Bureau dEnqutes et dAnalyses, or BEA-on July 2 released its interim report on the loss of Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330 that crashed into the equatorial Atlantic Ocean early on the morning of June 1. To geeks like me who pore over these things, the interim report is extremely 288
Clueless In Paris
Frances equivalent to the NTSB-the Bureau dEnqutes et dAnalyses, or BEA-on July 2 released its interim report on the loss of Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330 that crashed into the equatorial Atlantic Ocean early on the morning of June 1. To geeks like me who pore over these things, the interim report is extremely valuable in assembling and organizing in one place many-but not all-of the known facts about this tragedy. It is not, however, a final report and does not state a probable cause for the accident. Its initial findings and some of its details, however, are important. Just as important? The interim report highlights how clueless officials are in understanding what went wrong and how it might be prevented in the future.
Key Takeaways:
- The interim report on Air France Flight 447, based on ACARS messages and limited wreckage, points to "inconsistency in speed measurements" as a precipitating event and indicates the aircraft struck the sea intact with high vertical acceleration.
- Investigators are largely "clueless" about the crash's exact cause, as crucial cockpit voice and flight data recorders (CVR/FDR) have not yet been recovered.
- The author critiques the report for including irrelevant details like ATC miscommunication and omitting significant data such as autopsy results, while noting other airliners avoided the convective weather Flight 447 apparently entered.
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