Final moments of Air France 447 revealed

Final moments of Air France 447 revealed

Final moments of Air France 447 revealed. The pilots of Air France flight AF447, which plunged into the Atlantic killing 228 people, saw conflicting speeds on their instruments as the Airbus A330 stalled.

That is one of the findings of France's BEA aviation safety agency which has analysed the black box flight recorder for the 2009 accident .

"We have no valid indications," one pilot of the Rio to Paris flight was quoted as saying as the aircraft dropped towards the sea, three minutes before it hit the water.

The 58-year-old captain, who had left the cockpit to take a routine rest, returned but did not retake control of the plane.

Possible cause of Air France 447 crash

Possible cause of Air France 447 crash

Possible cause of Air France 447 crash. Air France 447 May Have Stalled on Sensors. Air France Flight 447’s flight recordings show the aircraft slowed to a stall after its airspeed sensors failed while the two co-pilots were at the controls, two people with knowledge of the investigation said.

The chief pilot, Captain Marc Dubois, was not in the cockpit when the Airbus A330’s sensors malfunctioned, causing the autopilot to disengage over the Atlantic Ocean, said the people, who declined to be identified because the investigation is still confidential.

Air France Flight 447 Finally Found in Atlantic After Two-Year Mystery

Air France Flight 447 Finally Found in Atlantic After Two-Year Mystery

Bodies of victims of Air France flight 447 finally found in the wreckage at bottom of the Atlantic after two-year mystery
* Investigators release underwater images of wreckage
* Fresh hope the plane's 'black box' will be recovered

The bodies of some of the 228 victims of the worst air crash in Air France’s history have been found some two-and-a-half miles below the Atlantic Ocean.

Macabre images of the underwater tomb, which includes British and Irish victims, have been grabbed by submarines equipped with robot-controlled cameras.

As investigators released some of the images in Paris, they said they also showed the ‘vast majority’ of the Airbus A330-203 had also been discovered, including its engines.