With good reason: we need to know if the black boxes continued to record data right up to the time of impact. If it does, then we can seriously look at some sort of mechanical failure--and compare the black box data against what happened on Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 late last year.
There was a report from two weeks ago about another Airbus near-accident back in December. Oddly...the computer gave false information and the aircraft started a rapid descent. The pilot made the decision to take over and stopped the auto-pilot from continuing its action. It’d be curious what they say over this episode.
They’re actually painted international orange for high visibility.
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