Hi,
As nobody posted it, here is Airbus official statement about those
Figaroleaks which are revealing... well, nothing but very old stuff!
It was dated from yesterday:
Statements*| Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer
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Airbus statement regarding media reports about the AF447 investigation
17 May 2011
Some recent media reports about the AF447 accident mention an information note issued by Airbus to its customers. The purpose of this document, known as an AIT (Accident Information Telex), is to provide operators with information related to potential safety recommendations that may derive from an accident investigation.
For this reason, an AIT has to be approved by the authority that manages the investigation; in this case, the BEA (Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses – French civil aviation safety Investigations and Analysis Bureau). This AIT was approved by the BEA before being issued by Airbus to its customers and does not include any safety recommendation at this stage of the investigation.
Airbus strongly disagrees with any form of speculation in the scope of the safety investigation and regrets any inappropriate communication concerning such a serious event that should always be handled with utmost professionalism.
In cooperation with Air France and the authorities, and since the very first days of the accident, Airbus has been supporting the search for the aircraft as well as the technical investigation to identify all lessons to be learnt in the sole interest of air transport safety.
In this context, Airbus continues to support the BEA which is leading the investigation with expertise.
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Whatever Airbus is saying, anyway, it certainly won't change Bearfoil/jcjeant (and few others) points because of their own agenda against Airbus and the BEA. From day one, they are charging to shed the descredit over every aspect of this technical investigation, so deep is their hard belief that everything is aimed at "covering up" Airbus/Thales/AF (Whoever French) liabilities.
In this context,
"Airbus continues to support the BEA which is leading the investigation with expertise" should sound at their ears like
: "Airbus is very confident that it will be fully cleared by its BEA old friends".
And so on.
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Those speculations based on previous speculations will certainly be confirmed by future speculations based on the previous ones and might end, at some point, by sounding enough like some "truth" if it is repeated
ad nauseam.
That's their goal.