Originally Posted by Old Carthusian
Habsheim - interesting accident. A pilot performs unauthorised manoeuvres and then blames his machine. The luddites immediately rush to support him. Fast forward to now certain individuals are trying to link this to AF447. This isn't a quest for the truth this is a quest to prove outlandish theories.
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Of course there is an attempt to link Habersheim with AF447 otherwise why mention it?
Originally Posted by DozyWannabe
If I sort of squint and angle my head slightly, however, it would appear that you've just tried to imply a conspiracy between Airbus and French authorities to absolve Airbus of any problems with their products and to blame pilots when things do go wrong - a conspiracy that is ongoing and goes back to 1988.
The real link between Habsheim and AF447 is that the BEA is investigating an Airbus accident.
Habsheim – 2 pilots decided to present the brand new 320 at very low speed very low altitude with minimum preparation. To perform such maneuver with just the front crew onboard would have been questionable already, but to perform it with a pax loaded cabin was a
total lack of judgment. Obviously the crew decision is the reason for the crash and must be remembered as such.
But did it absolve the BEA to tell the all story ?
Is it the BEA mission to cover up the truth ?
The truth had to be told – The crew would not have been considered less responsible.
- When the pilot applied the thrust, one engine stalled, and the other one responded much slowly than expected. As the captain had that very bad idea to fly below the trees line ... happened what happened.
- When the pilot applied full back stick, the airplane refused to deliver alpha max. That characteristic will be documented 20 years later by the NTSB following the Hudson ditching. Maybe at the end that would not have done any difference, but it was the role of the BEA to detail that flight control behavior below 50 feet.
It is not called a conspiracy
Dozy, it is called damage control.