Just as BP cannot walk away from the Gulf oil spill, Airbus and AF cannot walk away from the question of what happened to AF447, no matter how much the financial pinch hurts. If they don't nail down the cause precisely, they will have to fix any long shot possibility that anyone can demonstrate might have caused the accident. The pitot tube AD solution didn't make the problem completely go away, it only has improved the statistics against loss of valid airspeed indications into the range that everyone else is currently accepting. The question to be answered is what happened after the triple pitot disagree.
Last edited by Machinbird; 13th July 2010 at 11:48.
Reason: incorporate Sensor Validation's comments/correction