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  • Preliminary Findings Suggest Pilot Error in Air France Crash

    05/23/2011 2:12:46 PM PDT · by Sub-Driver · 22 replies
    Preliminary Findings Suggest Pilot Error in Air France Crash By ANDY PASZTOR And DANIEL MICHAELS The pilots of an Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean two years ago apparently became distracted with faulty airspeed indicators and failed to properly deal with other vital systems, including adjusting engine thrust, according to people familiar with preliminary findings from the plane's recorders. The final moments inside the cockpit of the twin-engine Airbus A330, these people said, indicates the pilots seemingly were confused by alarms they received from various automated flight-control systems as the plane bucked through some turbulence expected on...