Alain Bouillard, head of the French investigation, said, "They hadn't yet been replaced," referring to the pitot tubes on AF447 that Airbus had recommended be replaced on all A330 aircraft. Air France had not yet acted on the recommendation and refused to comment.
Probe: Airline did not replace instruments on 447 - Yahoo! News
“The sensors on this aircraft had not yet been replaced,” said Paul-Louis Arslanian, director of France’s Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses, known as the B.E.A.
A spokeswoman for Airbus in the United States said in an e-mail message on Saturday that the recommendation for the replacement of the Pitot tubes was “not a safety issue.”
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