'Faulty data' blamed for Air France crash

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.

Thu, 05 Jul, 2012 - 14:46

Robert Soulas was briefed by French air accident investigators today about their final report into the Airbus A330 crash.

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Courts Callinan resignation Place: Atlantic Place: Rio de Janeiro Place: Paris Person: Robert Soulas Person: Soulas'Person: Barbara Crolow Person: Gerard Arnoux Organisation: Air France Organisation: France Organisation: BEA air accident Organisation: BEA Organisation: Airbus

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