SEOUL/MONTREAL (Reuters) - As Air France pilots fought for control, an Airbus A330 passenger jet plummeted from 38,000 feet for four minutes, its engines running but its wings unable to seize enough air to fly. The BEA investigation agency called for improved training of pilots, instructors and inspectors, and better cockpit design among recommendations to prevent a repeat of the catastrophe. Even before finding the main part of the wreckage, the agency called in late 2009 for improved tracking of aircraft. A spokesman for the International Civil Aviation Organization, the United Nations' aviation agency, cautioned against drawing links between AF447 and Malaysia's MH370. Air France and French unions have defended the AF447 pilots, saying they faced conflicting alarms.

Source: The Star June 01, 2019 05:03 UTC