Next of kin
Quote from Golf-Sierra:
As far as checking if there was water in the module prior to powering it up - would not the simplest way be to weigh it?
Nice one. Perhaps the experts can comment?
Garage Years,
Are there no "hot" (pilot-headset) microphone channels?
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Re the subject of alleged leaks: it seems to me that the BEA is on a hiding to nothing here. And so, to a lesser extent, is AI/EADS. Damned if they release anything; damned if they say nothing. And to demand instant publication of raw DFDR data into the public domain would be ludicrous.
What I think we may all agree is that, as the BEA points out, any public speculation about crew performance at this stage – based purely on inference of the AI communiqué to Airbus operators – is unjustified, unnecessary (in the context of current safety), and can only add to the trauma of the next-of-kin.