The pilot of the Air France jet which plunged into the Atlantic in 2009 killing 228 people, pushed the nose upward instead of downward during a stall because of false data from sensors, the father of a victim says.

THE crew piloting a doomed Air France jet over the Atlantic did not realise the plane was in a stall, were insufficiently trained in flying manually, and never informed the passengers that anything was wrong before they plunged into the sea.

The crew piloting a doomed Air France jet over the Atlantic did not appear to know that the plane was in a stall, despite repeated warning signals, according to findings in a new report.