Hi,
(it seems to me that BEA was unable to read D-AXLA records, after only a few days immersed in fourty meters deep. See: 1.11.3 Data readout )
They were read ! (Not important that the BEA was not able to read it .. other were able .. )
1.11.3 Data readout
The CVR and the FDR, under judicial seals, were handed over to the BEA by a senior police
officer on Sunday 30 November.
The electronic cards from the protected modules containing the recorded data were
extracted. These cards were cleaned and then dried. Attempts to read them out using
several types of independent equipment did not make it possible to recover the recorded
data.
The electronic cards were placed under judicial seal again following these operations. They
were examined at Honeywell, manufacturer of the recorders, in the United States on the 5th
and 6th
of January 2009 in the context of an International Commission of Inquiry. Some short-
circuits were discovered on the cards. Eliminating the short-circuits allowed a complete
readout of the data. The recordings were of good quality and the whole flight was included.
The graphs of the flight parameters are in appendix 1.
