New leak, this time from "Der Spiegel" magazine, source is claimed to be an "expert close to the investigation":
- captain Marc Dubois not in cockpit when incident started
- he entered cockpit during incident and tried to help save AF 447
- FDR shows that AF 447 took evasive action to avoid heavy weather and there are no signs of major turbulences
- FDR shows "steep" pitch up shortly after "failure of air speed indicators". Der Spiegel doesn't know if the pitch upwards was initiated by pilots or aircraft computers
Source:
Absturz von Air-France-Airbus: Pilot war in kritischer Flugphase nicht im Cockpit - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten - Panorama