Wed, May 18, 2011
French BEA Says "No Conclusion Can Be Drawn" At This Stage Of
The Investigation
An article appearing in the French press and reported here by
USA Today and others indicates that Airbus has sent a Telex message
to airlines indicating that the data recovered from the Flight Data
Recorder aboard Air France Flight 447 shows no apparent urgent
mechanical problems with the A330 in general. USA Today reports
that the Telex was sent with the knowledge of the French accident
investigating agency BEA, and that Airbus does not attempt
determine cause in the AF447 accident in the message to operators.
It would, however, potentially point away from the airplane as the
cause of the accident in which 228 people were fatally injured. The
article originally appeared in Le Figaro, which pointed to actions
by the flight crew as the accident's possible cause.
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Gizmodo reports that, according to the Telex, after preliminary
examination of the data "Airbus has no immediate recommendation to
to its operators. Updates will be provided as soon as significant
items that Airbus will be available or will be authorized to issue
more information in accordance with the investigation."
In a news release, BEA blasted Le Figaro, saying "Sensationalist
publication of non-validated information, whilst the analysis of
the data from the flight recorders has only just started, is a
violation of the respect due to the passengers and the crew members
that died and disturbs the families of the victims, who have
already suffered as a result of many hyped-up stories."
The BEA reiterated in the release that in the framework of its
mission as a safety investigation authority, it alone has the right
to communicate on the progress of the investigation. "Consequently,
any information on the investigation that comes from another source
is null and void if it has not been validated by the BEA," the
agency says.
"Collection of all of the information from the audio recordings
and from the flight parameters now gives us a high degree of
certainty that everything will be brought to light concerning this
accident. The BEA safety investigators will now have to analyse and
validate a large quantity of complex data. This is long and
detailed work, and the BEA has already announced that it will not
publish an interim report before the summer.
BEA said in the statement that, at this stage of the
investigation, no conclusions can be drawn.
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