Air France refuses to comment on pilot error report

Air France today said it would not confirm or deny a newspaper report that said the crash of a jet in Toronto last month could have been caused by a pilot’s miscalculation.

Le Figaro newspaper said analysis of one of the plane’s black boxes showed 12 seconds elapsed between the moment the plane touched down and when pilots applied the reverse thrusters, which are used to assist braking. The newspaper did not say how it obtained the information.