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- AF447 successfully avoided the storm according to FDR, source close to the investigation tells AFP
- Final report to be expected by the end of June 2011 according to French Transport State Secretary
Successful storm avoidance by AF447 According to a source close to the investigation, France2.fr reports that the pilots of AF447 have successfully avoided the storm in front of them. (originally reported by AFP and Europ 1)
Original from France2.fr
Parmi les dernières informations recueillies, on a appris mercredi que selon l'examen en cours des boîtes noires, les pilotes avaient évité les zones de turbulences, a déclaré jeudi à l'AFP une source proche du dossier.
"L'équipage a réussi à contourner le nuage (de turbulences, ndlr) selon des éléments fournis par les boîtes noires", a déclaré à l'AFP une source proche du dossier sous le couvert de l'anonymat, confirmant une information d'Europe 1.
Source:
Rio-Paris: les causes du crash connues ”fin juin” - Accident - vol AF447 - Actualités internationales - FRANCE 2 : toute les informations internationales en direct - France 2
Roadmap to final accident report: End of June French Transport State Secretary Thierry Mariani said this morning on France Info that the final results of AF447's accident will be known and published by the end of June.
Comment:
There were two storms in AF447's flight path (a small one at SALPU and a large front at ORARO) and we do not know which one this might have been as there has been a.o. speculation that the smaller storm in the South may have blocked the radar detection of the much larger storm front to the North.