Hi Everyone,
Just one day after the report that someone in the Boeing company has been talking a little too much, the president of Air France today stated that the Pitot sensors are NOT TO BE BLAMED for the Air France tradgedy.
In an article on the Radio France website the director of Air France-KLM, Pierre-Henri Gourgeon said that he was not convinced that the sensors were the origin of the accident.
“As I'm not convinced the the sensors are the cause of the accident, there's no reason to publish a statement”, he replied when being questioned about the lack of transparency of the company in relation to the release of information about the accident.
http://www.rfi.fr/actubr/articles/114/article_14216.asp
Basically what this means is that when the pilots union started making a noise about changing the sensors he kept quiet, allowing the general public to be led into thinking that this move by the pilots confirmed the fact that the sensors were the probable reason for the accident.
When he was pulled on this by a reporter who had a bit more b****, he tried to cover his back.
So now we know, Pierre-Henri Gourgeon does not beleive that the Pitot tubes were at fault.
Now it's a case of finding the black boxes. Will the French sub find them?
Best regards,
Steve