Part of the plane where he was the black box flight 447 was located, say victims' families
The tail of the Airbus A-330, where the black boxes are located was flying from Paris to Rio de Janeiro and plunged into the Atlantic on the night of May 31, 2009, with 228 people aboard, has been found.
The information was confirmed by the president of the Association of Families of Victims of Air France Flight 447, Nelson Faria Marine. He said the information was given by the Office of Research and Analysis (BEA, the French acronym), a meeting yesterday (11) in Paris.
According to Marino, who had brought from Europe a report with data provided by unions, pilots and experts that would indicate failure of the aircraft manufacturer and maintenance issues with Air France, the finding reinforces the hopes of relatives of victims to know the causes of the accident . He said the expectation is that three weeks in an American company specializing in deep-water rescues start gathering the wreckage.
The representative of victims' families complained about the Brazilian ban by the French authorities, the presence of a diplomat appointed by the Brazilian government during the meeting that discussed the progress of the rescue operation. In addition, BEA, who wants secrecy and exclusivity in the searches, did not authorize the presence of a Brazilian observer - a request made by households and guaranteed by the Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim - to follow the step of removing the wreckage, bodies found just over a week to 3,900 meters deep.
Marino said the French authorities have not heeded any of the suggestions given by the Brazilian association of victims' families. He said the French say they only examine the claims if they come directly from the Brazilian government.
- The Presidency of the Republic and the Ministry of Defence are helping us and, just yesterday, I e-mail communicating the fact of [the French do not heeding the suggestions] to them - he said.
- I'll have audience with the president Dilma to address these issues. The families are in difficulties. While Air France has received four months in compensation for the loss of the airplane, the family until today [two years after the accident] did not receive a penny - told Marino.
Parte do avião onde estava a caixa-preta do voo 447 foi localizada, dizem famílias de vítimas | Mundo