Gear/Michael
Well there now doesn't seem to even be agreement as to the state of the black boxes, so what hope for coherence on anything else....this from AFP this afternoon..(1425 European time):
"A second so-called black box, in this case recording flight data, has yet to be found on the mountain in the French Alps where the Airbus A320 went down Tuesday.
Photos issued by the BEA crash investigation office showed the black box -- in fact coloured orange -- in a badly mangled state, its metal casing twisted and ripped by the force of the crash.
Officials acknowledge it is badly damaged but say they still expect to retrieve some data from it, although it may take some time."
I must admit having seen a fair bit of French TV coverage over the last 24 hours, some good, some bad, I'm inclined to agree with the French take on what's been found and the state it's in ...and I suspect in any case we really can now consign this mornings story about investigators hearing the windscreen breaking to the bin.
Flash - French air disaster black box 'damaged' - France 24