I found the sound of the increase in thrust towards the end of the video to be quite creepy.
Both pilots Captain Asseline and First Officer Mazière survived. 3 people died due to smoke. Pilot was sentenced to imprisonment for about a year. Today, the captain, Michel Asseline has lost his French pilot license for 8
years. He is now flying in Australia.
I feel that the sentence is unfair. Its not like he purposely crashed the plane for the heck of it. I'm pretty sure he did his best to try and recover the plane.
He was surprised when he watched the video to discover that the landing gear was only about 30ft off the ground when the altimeter showed 100ft.
Furthermore, in 1998, about a decade after the crash, new evidence shows a person removing the aircraft Flight Data Recorder. It is believed that the FDR that was shown in court isn't the same one from the crash.
Photo of man removing the FDR and more details here.
Conspiracy theorists suggest that Airbus was trying to cover up the faults of the aircraft. It was the first Fly-By-Wire commercial jet after all. This failure could mean Airbus would have an economic crisis on their hands.
* OEB 19/1: Engine Acceleration Deficiency at Low Altitude
This OEB noted that the engines may not respond to throttle input at low altitude.
* OEB 06/2: Baro-Setting Cross Check
This OEB stated that the barometric altitude indication on the A320 did not always function properly.
A month before the incident, these reports were released but the Air France crew wasn't aware of them.
These malfunctions led some theorists to believe that Airbus is to blame for the crash, not Captain Asseline.
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