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What Really Happened Aboard Air France 447
Two years after the Airbus 330 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, Air France 447's flight-data recorders finally turned up. The revelations from the pilot transcript paint a surprising picture of chaos in the cockpit, and confusion between the pilots that led to the crash. Read more: Air France 447 Flight-Data Recorder Transcript - What Really Happened Aboard Air France 447 - Popular Mechanics (www.popularmechanics.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Very gripping read indeed and a different perspective.
Took me a while to find this again. For some reason it is in "Last Weeks" posts. Anyway, this was a pretty chilling article to read. I hope people stop bashing Airbus now.
Technical glitch, we just corrected it. Thanks!
I can't imagine the ultimate shock that you've gone from cruise altitude on an overnight TATL flight to...
02:14:23 (Robert) Putain, on va taper... C'est pas vrai!
Damn it, we're going to crash... This can't be happening!
02:14:23 (Robert) Putain, on va taper... C'est pas vrai!
Damn it, we're going to crash... This can't be happening!
Yeah.. I just noticed my post doesn't show up in the 'recent' or 'newest' categories.... odd.
Looks like you posted this story after this article, but you probably didn't see the dupe due to the issue Alistair mentioned. We fixed the problem and bumped the time up on this article so it'll appear in the newsletter tomorrow. Sorry for the confusion and thanks for submitting it.
A potential flaw is the sidestick - if the two had been connected, then the left-seat pilot would have known the whole time the right-seat pilot was pulling back. You can still have fly-by-wire while having the sidesticks either mechanically or electroncially connected (inputs from one stick activate small motors to move the other stick). Another is the apparent lack of positive notification that the aircraft has departed normal law and entered alternate law.