Search for Doomed Air France Airbus A330 to Resume
The effort to find out what happened to Air France Flight 447 on June 1, 2009 seemed all but over in France, when the government announced the launch of a
Although the BEA has identified jammed pitot tubes as a contributing factor in the crash of an Airbus A330-200 into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009, authorities need the airplane’s flight recorders to confirm their conclusions. (Photo: copyright Airbus)
Although the BEA has identified jammed pitot tubes as a contributing factor in the crash of an Airbus A330-200 into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009, authorities need the airplane’s flight recorders to confirm their conclusions. (Photo: copyright Airbus)

The effort to find out what happened to Air France Flight 447 on June 1, 2009 seemed all but over in France, when the government announced the launch of a fourth search campaign and the airline pointed a finger of responsibility at Airbus. All 228 aboard the Airbus A330-200 flying from Rio to Paris died when it crashed into the South Atlantic.

Late last month, France’s recently appointed Minister of Transport, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, said that another attempt to find the wreckage would begin in February. The French air accident investigation office (BEA) plans to issue details in a few weeks.