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What brought down Air France flight 447? The families, friends and fellow workers of the 228 people who perished when the Rio-Paris flight ditched in the Atlantic mid-year are all desperate for answers. But with airlines relying on outmoded technology that may never happen.More planes and more people are flying internationally than ever before so it's perhaps not surprising that those aboard Air France flight 447 from Brazil to France hailed from more than 30 nations. From Brazil to France and beyond families - some armed with lawyers - are crying out for an explanation. What happened? Investigators will draw conclusions from the meagre evidence that's emerged but it can't ever be more that informed speculation. The real answers are locked in the Airbus A330's black box flight recorder at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean.Why, in a satellite saturated, digitally streamed world, do airlines and aviation regulators rely on devices hatched in the middle of last century that can disappear into deep or be damaged and destroyed."It's absurd that air safety depends on black boxes which sometimes cannot be recovered or if they are recovered then the data cannot be properly transcribed because the boxes are damaged beyond analysis." James Healy Pratt, Aviation LawyerThe ABC's Investigative Unit reporter Andrew Fowler joins Foreign Correspondent to examine the flaws in AF447 challenge the aircraft manufacturer Airbus Industrie and to hear the many stories of anguish and loss from the international community of people grieving the loss of loved ones and yearning for information."Some families lost 4 relatives. Some lost their parents so now it's grandparents or cousins who must look after them. That's so many families who were broken that day." Christophe Guillot-Noel (who lost a brother)Fowler explores the evidence that's emerged from coronial examinations in Brazil, the smattering of data from the ill-fated flight and whether or not Air France, Airbus and aviation regulators acted quickly and judiciously to replace air-speed equipment on the plane that was known to be systemically unreliable.With more of us flying there are some important lessons to emerge from the AF447 catastrophe but without the flight recorders, huge chunks of the puzzle are missing |
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Broadcast 2009-10-27 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Air France Flight 447 Crash (2009)
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Airbus aircraft.
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Aircraft accident victims' families.
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Aircraft accidents -- Investigation.
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Atlantic Ocean.
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Streaming video
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Alonso, Fernando, contributor
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Corcoran, Mark, host
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Fowler, Andrew, reporter
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Guillot-Noel, Christophe, contributor
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Healy-Pratt, James, contributor
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McMahon, John, contributor
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Pesenti, Christophe, contributor
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