Have a look there guys:
http://www.eurocockpit.com/images/acars447.php
EuroCockpit
Check the ATA 34-11/06
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FLR means FAULT REPORT
- In the sequence, you read
0210 which means 02:10Z
- Then you read
34111506 EFCS2 1, EFCS1, AFS ,,,,P
EFCS is the Electronic Flight Control System. 1 +2 in the present case which causes the Alternate Law 2 to come up
- The most interesting thing is the "
,,,,,P" which means "Pitot". They lost all pitots at 02:10Z
Air France and Airbus knew from the beginning that the pitots were the source of the accident. This is the very first message in the time sequence. Air France and Airbus imagined the story of the thunderstorms for the media just to have some extra time to find a plausible cause of crash.
Considering Airbus recent message to operators asking flight crew not to forget Thrust-Attitude concept, it is absolutely scandalous! How do you want to maintain a safe attitude in IMC without PFD/ND and...without ISIS!
Once again, money is everyting and pilots are just considered as monkeys.
For a better understanding, you can also check the incident which occured at ACA (Air Caraibes Atlantique) on the F-OFDF (A330-200) in Sept 08.
http://www.eurocockpit.com/docs/ACA.pdf
The full report is unfornutaley in french but shows the same scenario: Atlantic crossing, severe icing, etc. The flight crew had to cope with a very difficult situation including a massive unreliable airspeed caused by pitot malfunction. After a meeting with Airbus engineers, Air Caraibes Atlantique took the safe decision to modify Thales pitots ref PN C16195AA by ref PN C16195BA (read pages 12 and 13).
Air France could have taken the same appropriate actions after many critical incidents which occured in less than 3 years (6 ASRs confirmed by Air France on the 6/11/08)
PS: Is there any Airbus driver who could translate the full report (from french to english) which is synonymous of dynamite for Airbus and Air France?
PPS: Check also
200806143
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/...70_interim.pdf