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Air France Fires First (formal) Shot in Flight 447 Blame Game
"Air France has formally submitted concerns over the stall warning system in the ill-fated Airbus A330-200 lost over the south Atlantic..." (www.flightglobal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I agree. In the end, all of the above will come way off the hip with enormous settlements, and the greatest beneficiaries will be the army of lawyers. Unfortunate, but typical, and very predictable. Of course the French will want to press criminal charges against SOMEBODY.
This to me seems like a blame battle here. Put the French court, Air France, and AFR447/A332 in the picture you got a war right there.
After following and commenting on this crash from the beginning the TWO major problems to be addressed are: 1) What did the designers miss that led to 3 experience pilots not knowing they were descending,ie. warning system and 2) why could they not get the nose down once they determined their altitude, ie. throttle up etc. As to 1) It is very obvious that too many different alarms were going off, too much data was coming up on the MFD and the pilots could not distinguish the correct order in which to react to them. and 2) It would seem that the flight computers might not have allowed the throttles to increase airspeed due to the designed in safety software. Just one pilot's perspective!
"This to me seems like a blame battle here" ... hence the title I gave to the post....
"French court, Air France, and AFR447/A332 in the picture you got a war right there"
The word "French" and "war" in the same sentence, now that's some funny stuff!
The word "French" and "war" in the same sentence, now that's some funny stuff!
The initial release of the investigation which blamed the pilots directly and Air France indirectly on inadequate training has evolved into inappropriate pulsating warning system design. I predict the next will be accusations of failure to maintain and replace the pitot tubes next most likely from the pilots' representatives. Airbus will vigorously defend its design and computer control system and will point out Air France's failure to follow maintenance directives and inexperienced pilots. Here are links to the released information (http://www.businessinsider.com/air-france-crash-sounds-like-pilot-error-2011-5)
Since this is probably ending up in a French court, expect the pace of accusations to increase and for them to become "layered". Airbus has a huge stake in this investigation as does the French government.