sexta-feira, 27 de maio de 2011

FACTBOX-Last moments before the flight AF447 from falling into the sea

PARIS- Below is a list of events with the flight of Air France AF447 and the last words of the pilots, released an update of research conducted by BEA, the French official who investigates air crashes.
The Airbus A330 crashed into the Atlantic shortly after takeoff on May 31, 2009 in Rio de Janeiro to Paris, killing all 228 people aboard. The BEA must publish a fuller report in the coming months.
The following information was taken from the English translation made by BEA update of research published this Friday.
The captain and two co-pilots were on board. The BEA refers to the pilot commanding the aircraft - most of the time considered the least experienced of the three pilots - as "PF", while the pilot off the controls is called "pop."
The hours are from Greenwich Mean Time (three hours ahead of GMT).
May 31 2009, 22h29 GMT - Takeoff.
June 1, 1:55 a.m. - Captain woke the second co-pilot, said: "He will take my place" and left the cockpit.
2:06 a.m. and 04 seconds - The PF called the cabin crew, asking to remain vigilant because there was turbulence on its way. "It'll shake a little more than now," he said.
2:08 a.m. and 07 seconds - Pop said "maybe you can go a little to the left" and the aircraft began a gentle curve to the left. The turbulence has increased slightly and the crew decided to slow down.
As of 2:10 a.m. and 05 seconds - Automatic Steering and acceleration turned off and the PF said: "I took the controls." The plane began to tilt to the right and PF tried to raise the nose to the left. The crash alert sounded twice in a row. The parameters recorded showed a sharp drop in speed.
2:10 a.m. and 16 seconds - Pop said: "So, we lost the speed" and then "alternative rule ...". The plane began to climb. PF tried to lower the nose and the plane tilted alternately to the left and right.
As of 2:10 a.m. and 50 seconds - Pop tried repeatedly to call the captain back to the cockpit.
2:10 a.m. and 51 seconds - The alert was triggered panic again. PF continued trying to raise the nose. The maximum altitude reached about 38 thousand feet.
2:11 a.m. and 40 seconds - The captain returned to the cockpit. In seconds, all recorded speeds become invalid and warns of a breakdown stopped. The altitude was about 35,000 feet, but the aircraft was descending at about 10,000 feet per minute.
2:12 a.m. and 2 / 2 - The PF said: "I have no other indicator, and pop said" we do not have valid indicators. "
About fifteen seconds later, the PF has pushed the nose down. The angle of attack decreases, the speed became invalid again and the crash alert sounded again.
2:13 a.m. and 32 seconds - The PF said the plane's altitude was approaching 10 000 feet. About fifteen seconds later, two pilots of the simultaneous thrust levers were recorded and lateral PF said "go ahead, you have the controls."

AP

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