BBC - Lost: The Mystery of Flight 447

Air France Flight 447 was a scheduled airline flight from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão (GIG) to Paris-Roissy (CDG) involving an Airbus 330-200 aircraft that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on 1 June 2009, killing all 216 passengers and 12 aircrew. The investigation is still ongoing, and the cause of the crash has not yet been formally determined. An interim report from the BEA on 27 May 2011 revealed that the aircraft crashed following an aerodynamic stall. It further revealed that minutes prior to the crash, the pitot tubes (speed sensors) started to give inconsistent readings.

The cause of the faulty readings is yet to be determined, but a theory is that ice formed on the pitot tubes, which would have caused them to freeze, giving inconsistent measurements owing to their reliance on air pressure measurements to give speed readings. Pitot tube blockage is suspected of having contributed to airliner crashes in the past — such as Birgenair Flight 301 in 1996. A later report from the BEA, released on 29 July 2011, indicated that the pilots had not been trained to fly the aircraft "in manual mode or to promptly recognise and respond to a speed-sensor malfunction at high altitude", and that this was not a standard training requirement at the time of the accident.

The investigation into this accident was initially hampered by the lack of any eyewitness evidence and radar tracks, as well as by difficulty finding the aircraft's black boxes, which were located and recovered from the ocean floor two years later in May 2011.
The accident was the deadliest in the history of Air France. Paul-Louis Arslanian, the head of the BEA (Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety), described it as the worst accident in French aviation history. This was the deadliest commercial airliner accident to occur since the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in New York City in 2001. It was the first fatal accident to befall an Airbus A330 airliner while in passenger service.

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[mapleleafs8155]

great quality. Thanks for the upload!

[chernwei5784]

@mapleleafs8155 No problem at all! :)

[chernwei5784]

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[lesrambles1]

Great video.

[chernwei5784]

@lesrambles1 Thanks! :)

[rifky07101]

Maybe that plane go to bermuda triangle that they crash for no reason.

[OpticalSnare]

Id rather have a ex-military air force pilot to fly my plane/flight. Too much computer interfering is bad, because who makes the computer system, programs etc? Yeah we do so they are only as good as the people who make them.

And having the pilots rely on computers to fly the plane rather than having the actual pilot FLY the plane is what causes problems in this day and age because they dont gain experience thru actual flight they get used to computers doing it for them.

[HomerJay1983]

The computers in a plane are lifesaving. In the future, i think we will see completely computer-flown planes, human error is too often the reason for planes to crash!

[barthoedemaker]

@utoober905 no it's a fact buddy, I have my own company, and have many friends who own garages, they all say the same.. It's the same with planes basically. To much computer it never good. The A380 computer on the Qantas accident lately, said it couldn't land...while the pilots knew it could.

[utoober905]

@barthoedemaker talk out of your butt much?

[barthoedemaker]

The more technological they become, the more errors can occure. Simple is always best, compare and old mercedes to a new mercedes. The old ones last alot longer, and almost indestructable and engine and body, the new ones have to much tech that can go wrong.

[RAISpaceDebris]

The speed of the planes destruction indicates one very strong possible cause, I refer to the impact of space debris or junk and this should be investigated ASAP. A space debris impact is more powerful than any weapon and destroys the victim instantly in mid air. I believe space debris also caused the PA103 disaster and I also believe the investigators know this has most likely caused many other air disasters. Put JOHN HALL SPACE DEBRIS in your UK Google slot