Langewiesche most definitely did NOT write this article.
In addition to the Air France story, he also wrote a very informative long piece for Vanity Fair about the Embraer / 737 midair collision over Brazil:
William Langewiesche on the Amazon air crash | Vanity Fair
I used to make my living test-flying heavy aircraft coming out of maintenance checks. I did work in Asia, Europe and the US, for company facilities and contractors. The contractors in Asia were usually head-and-shoulders better than the others, as far as the finished product......