[A picture of the Air France flight landing gear, which was released by the Investigation and Analysis Bureau in Le Bourget, northern Paris
Groundbreaking Discoveries found for Air France 447 Mystery
Ellie Fink
In 2009 Air France Flight 447 crashed on its way from Rio to Paris Atlantic . The exact cause of the horrific accident has yet to be discovered. It has been suggested, however, that the accident may have been a result of possible icing up of the aircraft’s speed sensors. The sensors seemed to give an inconsistent reading before communication was lost.
Parts of the wreckage were recently found in the Atlantic . This latest search is the fourth since the crash. The search is performed through the use of a salvage vessel equipped with unmanned submarines. An initial underwater search found parts of wreckage and bodies.
"We have more than just traces, we have bodies... Identification is possible," Environment Minister Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet told France Inter radio.
After recent studies of the debris, it is believed that passengers had little warning of the crash. Life vests were still in their packages and the aircraft had not lost cabin pressure. The investigation believes the aircraft hit the sea belly-down and in one piece.
The discovered wreckage of the Air France aircraft has raised potential of finding the aircraft’s flight records or black boxes.
In regards to the newly arisen possibility, Air France-KLM chief executive Pierre-Henri Gourgeon said “This is very good news because it brings with it the hope that at last we will get some information on what caused this accident, which to this day remains unexplained.”
By Ellie Fink
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