[QUOTECan I correct you ?
They forced Air France to accelerate the remplacement of the Pitot Tubes on A330-A340.
And this was made in fews days despite the "lack of parts" from the manufacturer.
As you see .. sometime union (even small) can make miracles happend quote]
...............which proved to be totally useless following an incident ( 15 seconds ) that happened on a 320 coming from or going to Rome. The probe was a Thales second generation, the very same that was being installed on the 340 / 330 fleet.
The european authorities then ruled that at least one Goodrich probe should be installed on each aircraft.
Amazing what haste can do !!
What this report implies is that Air France is the only airline having suffered such incidents. We all know that's rubbish.
However, they are the only one having lost an aircraft. This report is only made of cheaply used family emotions, greedy lawyers ( like there is another kind !! ) speculations who are going to find it very difficult to make Airbus, AF and the french governement cough without some hard evidence that, for the moment, are lying at the bottom of the ocean.
The amazing thing in this report, is that ABC was a lot luckier than the french investigating judge in charge of the case. The brazilian chief pathologist saw it fitter to give some of the evidence to a reporter than to the French authorities. I am sure it was to ensure the manifestation of the truth
)). It still remains a breach of international law.