from avweb, prolly not news to a lot but however.The French news agency AFP reported Wednesday (one day ahead of the official final report's release) that investigators have concluded that pilot error and technical malfunctions caused the crash of Air France Flight 447 in 2009, killing all 228 aboard. "A source close to the case" told AFP that speed sensors on the Airbus A330 "froze up and failed" as the aircraft entered a line of thunderstorms while flying from Rio to Paris. That information was reported more than a year ago in factual findings. However, the source also told AFP that the official report of the French Accident Investigation Bureau, BEA, concludes that the captain then "failed in his duties," and "prevented the co-pilot from reacting.
So the sensors "froze up and failed" did they? So did the senseless ones up in the front.
When I go SLF again I hope I don't have such clueless losers piloting me. They should have started with breaking a few model airplanes. They might have learned the basics with small pain, and saved their profession the shame.