In June 2009 an Airbus A330 - 200 , Air France flight 447 , crashed into the Atlantic Ocean tragically killing 228 people . Now , thefinal BEA reportinto the event reveals that the catastrophe occurred because the gang disregard the word of advice alarms in the cabin .
While initial analysis of flying recordingspointed to work party error , subsequent evidence suggested thatfaulty pitot metro might have been to blame . Now , the BEA report makes it clear that it wasthe flight crewat flaw . Fromthe theme :
Air France Flight Recorders Point at Crew Error , Says Airbus
In the first arcminute after the autopilot disjunction , the failure of the endeavor to realise the position and the perturbation of crew cooperation had a multiplying effect , inducing total passing of cognitive ascendence of the billet … The compounding of the [ Airbus ] warn system bioengineering , and the conditions under which [ Air France ] pilots are prepare and expose to stalls during their professional and repeated training , did not lead in somewhat true expect demeanour traffic pattern .
As New Scientist points out , at the heart of the catastrophe is the simple fact that the cubicle alarms were ignore . From the New Scientists coverage :
Despite a stall warning sound continually , it was ignored and the buffer kept the woodworking plane ’s nose pointing upward – while the plane was in fact plummet toward the ocean . All the crew needed to do was push the nose down to find lift – but they did n’t .
As a result , the account question whether pilot education is currently sufficient . It go on to suggest that , as a minimum , they need to be equipped with a more rigorous knowledge of the natural philosophy of flight at high altitude . you could study the BEA’sfull recommendations here . [ BEAviaNew Scientist ]
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