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Old 22nd Apr 2011, 16:22
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About the article in "Le Figaro"

Excerpt:


Parmi les débris photographiés, pas de trace des boîtes noires mais la partie de l'appareil qui les abrite a été formellement identifiée et localisée. Il s'agit de la pressure bulkhead, la paroi qui sépare la partie pressurisée de l'appareil de sa partie non pressurisée, à l'arrière. Sur l'Airbus A 330, les deux boîtes noires sont fixées de part et d'autre de cette cloison.

"Among the debris photographed, no trace of the black boxes but the part of the aircraft which shelters them has been formally identified and located. It is the pressure bulkhead, the wall that separates the pressurized part of the aircraft and its nonpressurized one, at the back (of the plane). On the Airbus A330, the two black boxes are fixed on each side of this pressure bulkhead."

Personnal comment:
Since the beginning, "Le Figaro" seems to have been always very well informed.
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