Flight recorder of Air France machine crashed in the Atlantic Ocean is discovered

Flight recorder of Air France 447 flight which crashed on the Atlantic Ocean in 2009 and all 228 passengers were unknown was reported to have been found on the ocean floor of the Atlantic Ocean.

Although the cause of this accident is probably thought to be a breakdown of the electric system due to lightning strikes, it is not clearly determined at the moment and it seems that the details of the accident will be revealed by collecting the flight recorder.

Details are as below.
1st May 2011 briefing

Air France machine crashed off Brazil, flight recorder collection: Nihon Keizai Shimbun

Air France 447 flight accident

May 31, 2009 local time 19: 3 (UTC22: 3), Rio de Janeiro'sAntonio Carlos Jobim International AirportFrom ParisCharles de Gaulle International AirportFlight 447 flight took off towards. 12 passengers, 216 passengers, the aircraft isAirbus A330-200use.

ByQuentin Douchet

The Aircraft is at 1:33 on June 1 (UTC, the same also applies to the following)Fernando de NoronhaPass around. I pulled out of the Atlantic surveillance range of Brazil at 1:48 that same day. After this, the Air France 447 rushes into a strong turbulence. From 2:10 to 2:14, I sent automatic messages saying "There was a problem with the electrical system", six error reports, 19 warnings, and then I got lost.

By the search activities of the Brazilian troops etc, the trace of the crash and fuel and the remains of the aircraft were discovered on June 2nd,St Peter St. Paul archipelagoIt was confirmed that it crashed to the vicinity. As a result of the search involving the French Navy and others as well, 600 pieces of debris and 51 dead bodies including the vertical tail etc were collected by June 26. In this accident survivors have not been confirmed, which is the worst accident in the history of Air France.

After the search was discontinued on June 26, 2009,Black box (flight recorder)Work was resumed from February 2010 for recovery, and on April 3, 2011 part of the engine and wing was discovered, and it was announced that the flight recorder was also collected this time.

Flight recorder discovered.



Although it is believed that the accident occurred due to a lightning strike in the aircraft within the turbulence as it was reported that the accident was a "breakdown of the electrical system", the airplane is discharged outside the aircraft even if there is a lightning strike Since there are also surge protection equipment so that electric equipment will not be damaged even if current flows, other causes are also considered, and it is desirable that the cause is clarified by this flight recorder collection I will.