Brace yourselves for a FACTUAL post:
"In agreement with the Perpignan State Prosecutor, the BEA is releasing
the following information on the accident that occurred on 27 November
2008 to the Airbus A320 registered D-AXLA.
After the recovery of the flight recorders, it appeared that the data
that could have been recorded could be downloaded only by using the
facilities available at Honeywell, the manufacturer of these recorders,
in Seattle (United States).
The work undertaken in the recorder manufacturer's laboratories, with
the participation of specialized investigators from the BEA and the
NTSB, did in fact make it possible to recover the data from memory
cards of the two recorders, the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and the
Flight Data Recorder (FDR). All the work was undertaken in the presence
of a senior French Police officer, in the context of an International
Judicial Commission.
The BEA will now begin analyzing this data, in parallel with the
operations undertaken within the framework of the judicial inquiry."
"In agreement with the Perpignan State Prosecutor, the BEA is releasing
the following information on the accident that occurred on 27 November
2008 to the Airbus A320 registered D-AXLA.
After the recovery of the flight recorders, it appeared that the data
that could have been recorded could be downloaded only by using the
facilities available at Honeywell, the manufacturer of these recorders,
in Seattle (United States).
The work undertaken in the recorder manufacturer's laboratories, with
the participation of specialized investigators from the BEA and the
NTSB, did in fact make it possible to recover the data from memory
cards of the two recorders, the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and the
Flight Data Recorder (FDR). All the work was undertaken in the presence
of a senior French Police officer, in the context of an International
Judicial Commission.
The BEA will now begin analyzing this data, in parallel with the
operations undertaken within the framework of the judicial inquiry."